notum

notum
Posterior part of dorsal carapace in shrimplike decapods (limited usage) [McLaughlin, 1980].
Posterior part of dorsal region of macruran decapod carapace [Moore and McCormick, 1969].
(Order Decapoda):
Term occasionally applied to posterior part of dorsal region of carapace in shrimp-like (natantian) decapod or to dorsal plate of carapace in crab-like (brachyuran) decapod [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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