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branchiostegite

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branchiostegite [‚braŋ·kē′äs·tə‚jīt]
(invertebrate zoology)
A gill cover and chamber in certain malacostracan crustaceans, formed by lateral expansion of the carapace.


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4A, B) without epigastric ridge; antennal lobe obsolete; pterygostomial angle only slightly produced, rounded or slightly angular; postantennal groove shallow; branchiostegite not inflated; surface devoid of tufts of setae.
Bopyrids live on shrimp, brachyurans, and anomurans and cause a conspicuous bulge of the branchiostegite (Dall et al.
 
 
 
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