- postesophageal ganglion
- (Order Decapoda):Cephalothoracic ganglion [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
postesophageal ganglion
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subesophageal ganglion — Anterior ganglion of the ventral nerve cord, located beneath (posterior to) the esophagus and connected dorsally to the tritocerebrum. (Syn. subenteric ganglion) [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Nerve plexus below esophagus in head of malacostracans… … Crustacea glossary
cephalothoracic ganglion — (Order Decapoda): In crab like (brachyuran) decapod, large concentration of nerve tissue posterior to esophagus. Consists of fused ganglia of thoracic somites (thoracomeres). (Syn. postesophageal ganglion) [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
