Definitions

Schematic drawing of a thoracic leg. [Holthuis, 1993]
(Figure only.) [Holthuis, 1993]
A decapod gill arising from the lateral body wall or surface of the thoracic pleura; "side gills." [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
A gill situated on the body wall dorsal to the articulation of an appendage. [Hobbs, Hobbs, and Daniel 1977]
Gill attached to body wall inside branchial cavity dorsal to coxae of pereopods, usually 1 pair per somite and pointing down between arthrobranchs. [Poore, 2004]
Gill attached to the later wall of thorax, just above origin of basal segment of appendage. [Butler, T. H.]
Gill of decapods attached directly to body wall.
(syn. pleurobranchia) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
(Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Gill attached directly to body wall.
(syn. pleurobranchia) [McLaughlin, 1980]
(Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Type of gill attached directly to body wall above base of thoracopods 2-8 (i.e., if full complement is present, above all thoracopods except first maxilliped).
(syn. pleurobranchia)
See: Arthrobranch, Podobranch [Stachowitsch, 1992]