- mastigobranch
- Slender respiratory at base of epipod. (Syn. mastigobranchia) [McLaughlin, 1980].Slender respiratory process at base of epipod(ite). (Syn. mastigobranchia (pl., mastigobranchiae)) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].(Order Decapoda):In basal segment (coxa) of thoracic appendage (thoracopod), that part of epipodite which is not modified as gill (podobranch). Projects between gills and serves as both supporting and respiratory structure [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.