gastrohepatic gland

gastrohepatic gland
Digestive and storage gland in shrimps; also termed heptopancreas [Butler, T.H.].
Digestive gland associated with the midgut, within the cephalothorax [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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