- intercervical groove
- (Order Decapoda):(Order Decapoda):On each side of carapace, oblique groove connecting postcervical and cervical grooves [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
intercervical groove
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intercervical groove — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Nephropidae, an oblique groove on the carapace that connects the postcervical and cervical grooves … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
groove — See: carapace groove [Martin, 2005]. (Order Decapoda): One of numerous furrows extending along carapace. According to position and according to group, one may distinguish antennal, branchiocardiac, buccal, cervical, dorsomedian, gastroorbital,… … 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