Definitions

Carapace teeth

• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) (a) cardiac. On midline of carapace just posterior to cervical groove.
  (b) gastric. On midline of carapace immediately anterior to cervical groove.
  (c) lateral. On lateral margin of carapace; anterolateral, mediolateral, and posterolateral teeth distinguished.
  (d) orbital. On orbital margin.
  (e) posterior. On midline of carapace between posterior margin and marginal groove.
  (f) pregastric. On midline of carapace between gastric tooth and rostrum.
  (g) rostral. On rostrum, either single or multiple; upper, lower, and lateral teeth distinguished. [McLaughlin, 1980]

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