pleurobranch(s)

() [Holthuis, 1993].

^{Schematic drawing of a thoracic leg. [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].

(Order Decapoda):

Gill attached directly to body wall. (Syn. pleurobranchia) [McLaughlin, 1980].

(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].