(Taxon-specific: Order Isopoda) Medially directed lamellar structure arising from coxa of pereopod in the female, forming part of the broodpouch or marsupium.
[Kensley and Schotte, 1989]
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Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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