- postcervical groove
- See: carapace groove i [Martin, 2005].(Order Decapoda):See: carapace grooves n [McLaughlin, 1980].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
postcervical groove
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postcervical notch — Strong indentation of carapace at level of postcervical groove (e.g., scyllarid palinurans). (Syn. postcervical incision) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Strong indentation of carapace at level of postcervical groove [McLaughlin, 1980] … Crustacea glossary
postcervical sulcus — Ancillary sulcus, posterior to and converging with, main cervical sulcus on carapace of genus Bentheogennema [Butler, T.H.]. Subvertical carapace groove located posterior to cervical sulcus [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997] … Crustacea glossary
carapace groove — Furrow on surface of decapod, generally dorsal named types: a) antennal. Furrow on carapace extending backward from vicinity of antennal spine. b) branchiocardiac. Oblique furrow approximately in middle of posterior half of each side of carapace … Crustacea glossary
urogastric groove — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) A short transverse groove in the median or submedian region of a decapod carapace posterior to the postcervical groove, sometimes joining the upper part of the postcervical groove … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
urogastric groove — (Order Decapoda): On carapace, short, transverse groove posterior to and occasionally joined to postcervical groove [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
parabranchial groove — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Nephropidae, a carapace groove below, behind and almost parallel to the branchiocardiac and postcervical grooves and joining the postcervical in the lower part … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cervical groove — See: carapace groove (c) [Martin, 2005]. A groove or series of grooves sometimes present on the carapace; it is mesially transverse, laterally oblique, and separates the gatric and hepatic regions from the cardiac and branchial regions [Chace and … Crustacea glossary
branchiocardiac groove — See: carapace groove (b) [Martin, 2005]. See: carapace grooves (b) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Groove separating branchial and cardiac regions [Williams, 1984]. Line along dorsal limit of branchiostegite. (Syn. branchiocardiac ridge) [Poore, 2004].… … Crustacea glossary
hepatic groove — See: carapace groove e [Martin, 2005]. (Order Decapoda): See: carapace grooves g [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): On each side of carapace, short, longitudinal groove connecting cervical with postcervical and branchiocardiac groove: more or… … Crustacea glossary
intercervical groove — (Order Decapoda): See: carapace groove i [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): On each side of carapace, oblique groove connecting postcervical and cervical grooves [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
