Definitions

Mesogastric lobe

• Medial division of gastric region of decapod (brachyuran) carapace, generally pentagonal in outline with long narrow forward prolongation. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Median lobe or subregion of gastric region; pentagonal in form, and with long, narrow, anterior prolongation. [Williams, 1984]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) See: Carapace regions f   [McLaughlin, 1980]

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