Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
Decapod anatomy — Antennules Pereiopods … Wikipedia
Arthropod mouthparts — The face of a caterpillar with the mouthparts showing. The mouthparts of arthropods have evolved into a number of forms, each adapted to a different style or mode of feeding. Most mouthparts represent modified, paired appendages, which in… … Wikipedia
mouthparts — A collective term for the appendages around the mouth which are concerned with feeding: mandibles, maxillae and maxillipeds [Warner, 1977]. All cephalothoracic limbs involved with feeding: mandibles through to third maxillipeds [Poore, 2004].… … Crustacea glossary
buccal frame — structure of brachyuran decapods enclosing mouth parts, its sides formed by free anterolateral edges of carapace, its front delimited by epistome, and commonly closed by operculiform third maxillipeds [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. (Order Decapoda) … Crustacea glossary
subesophageal ganglion — Anterior ganglion of the ventral nerve cord, located beneath (posterior to) the esophagus and connected dorsally to the tritocerebrum. (Syn. subenteric ganglion) [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Nerve plexus below esophagus in head of malacostracans… … Crustacea glossary
buccal cavity — Cavity on ventral surface of body in which mouth parts are situated; bounded anteriorly by epistome, laterally by free edges of carapace. Within this frame lie the mouth parts, which in most Brachyura are covered by operculiform third maxillipeds … Crustacea glossary
Diastylidae — Diastylis laevis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Lobster — For other uses, see Lobster (disambiguation). Lobster Temporal range: Valanginian–Recent … Wikipedia
brood chamber — (Order Cumacea): In female, chamber formed on ventral surface of pereon by oostegites on last (third) maxillipeds and on first three pereopod pairs. (Syn. brood pouch, marsupium) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Leptostraca): In female, space between … Crustacea glossary
buccal cavern — Space, especially in crabs, enclosing the mouthparts and more or less covered by third maxillipeds, defined anteriorly by epistome and laterally by pterygostomial region, sometimes by ridges. (Syn. buccal frame) [Poore, 2004] … Crustacea glossary
