- paraesophageal ganglion
- (Order Decapoda):Swelling of each circumesophageal connective between supraesophageal and subesophageal ganglia [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
paraesophageal ganglion
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