filtering apparatus

filtering apparatus
(Order Stomatopoda):
Series of plates (median, upper lateral, lower lateral) separating larger anterior division of stomach (cardiac stomach) from smaller posterior division (pyloric stomach). Functions as sieve. (Syn. posterior cardiac plate) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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