- gill chamber
- See: branchial chamber [Martin, 2005].See: branchial chamber [McLaughlin, 1980].(Order Decapoda):Branchial chamber [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
gill chamber
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gill chamber — noun see gill cavity … Useful english dictionary
gill chamber — see branchial chamber … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gill chamber brooder — a reproductive guild (q.v.) where eggs are incubated in the gill cavity, e.g. the cave fish Amblyopsis spelea … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill chamber — the cavity containing the gills on each side of the rear of the head, enclosed by the operculum and the branchiostegal membrane … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill cavity — noun or gill chamber Etymology: gill (III) : the space between the gill arches and the gill cover into which the gill filaments project … Useful english dictionary
gill opening — an external opening leading from the gill chamber. Also called gill slit or branchial opening. Elasmobranchii have 5 7 openings or slits on each side of the head while bony fishes have only one. The opening allows water to exit after passing over … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill — See: branchia [Martin, 2005]. See: branchia [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Cumacea): Branchial lobule [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Decapoda): One of several respiratory projections that may be associated with each thoracic appendage (thoracopod).… … Crustacea glossary
gill bailer — Leaf like flap in a channel at the anterior opening of each branchial chamber in decapod crustaceans; by its beating, drives water forward in and out of the branchial chamber. (Syn. scaphognathite) [Bliss, 1982]. See: scaphognathite [Brusca and… … Crustacea glossary
gill plate — (Order Cumacea): In first pair of maxillipeds, plate like structure on posteriorly directed part of epipod. Located in branchial chamber; bears series of branchial lobules [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
branchial chamber — A chamber limited primarily by the lateral folds of the carapace, the inner surface of which performs a respiratory function [Holdich and Jones, 1983]. Area between body and carapace enclosing branchiae. (Syn. gill chamber) [McLaughlin, 1980].… … Crustacea glossary
