Definitions

Coxal gill

• (Taxon-specific: Order Amphipoda) Respiratory structure projecting from basal segment (coxa) of pereon appendage (peropod); consists of modified epipod. Six pairs of coxal gills (on pereon segments 2-8) represent full complement. (digitiform, foliate, sac-like; walls: simple = smooth, convoluted, pleated).
  (syn. branchia)
  See: Accessory gill, Sternal gill   [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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