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(Order Decapoda):(Order Decapoda):On carapace, groove posterior to and parallel with cervical groove; bisects cardiac region [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
postcephalic groove
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carapace groove — Furrow on surface of decapod, generally dorsal named types: a) antennal. Furrow on carapace extending backward from vicinity of antennal spine. b) branchiocardiac. Oblique furrow approximately in middle of posterior half of each side of carapace … Crustacea glossary
carapace grooves — (Order Decapoda): (a) antennal. Extending posteriorly from vicinity of antennal spine. (b) branchiocardiac. Oblique groove approximately in middle of posterior half on each side of carapace, separating branchial and cardiac regions and reaching… … Crustacea glossary
telson — ( ) [Baba, 2005]. Entire animal, right appendages omitted, dorsal view, based on Munida. [Baba, 2005] Last somite of body, bearing arms and commonly caudal furca or pair of cerci, growth zone for postcephalic somites located at its anterior edge … Crustacea glossary