Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
anterolateral region — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The lateral part of the carapace bordering the subhepatic or hepatic regions … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
anterolateral nucleus of spinal cord — nucleus anterolateralis medullae spinalis [TA] a group of nerve cells in the gray substance of the anterolateral region of the anterior column of the spinal cord; called also ventrolateral n. of spinal cord … Medical dictionary
hepatic region — See: carapace region g [Martin, 2005]. Paired anterolateral areas of the carapace bounded anteriorly by the antennal region, posteriorly by the branchial region, and mesially by the gastric region [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]. Paired… … Crustacea glossary
posterolateral region — (Order Decapoda): In crab like (brachyuran) decapod, relatively small region along each posterolateral margin of carapace. See: anterolateral region [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
carapace region — Differentiated portion of decapod carapace surface distinguished in descriptions and used in classification named types: (a) antennal. Anterior marginal part of carapace bordering orbital region laterally and also touching hepatic, pterygostomial … Crustacea glossary
pterygostomian region — See: carapace region (k) [Martin, 2005]. Anteroventral area of the carapace [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]. Paired anteroventral are of carapace ventral to antennal region [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. The paired anterolateral area on the… … Crustacea glossary
subhepatic region — See: carapace region (l) [Martin, 2005]. Area below hepatic region and anterolateral border of carapace [Williams, 1984]. The region on the ventral surface of the carapace bounded by the antero lateral margin, outer margin of the pterygostomial… … Crustacea glossary
protogastric region — A paired anterolateral area on the gastric region of the carapace of crabs [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]. The region on the dorsal surface of the carapace bounded by parts of the margins of the frontal, orbital, hepatic, epibranchial, metagastric and… … Crustacea glossary
jugal region — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, the anterolateral part on the ventral surface, located on opposite sides of the buccal cavity; pterygostomial region. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The posterior basal lobe or area of a wing demarcated from the… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pterygostomial region — Anteroventral region of carapace (anterior part of branchiostegite of Caridea) or ventral region of carapace (of Brachyura); bearing pterygostomial spine at anteroventral angle (in Caridea and Dendrobranchiata) [Poore, 2004]. (Order Decapoda):… … Crustacea glossary
