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podobranch

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podobranch [′päd·ə‚braŋk]
(invertebrate zoology)
A gill of a crustacean attached to the basal segment of a thoracic limb.
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Second maxilliped consisting of six segments as in other alvinocaridids; merus and ischium-basis fused segments moderately slender, noticeably curved, with numerous heavily plumose setae on lateral surfaces; epipod with rudimentary podobranch.
Taxonomic review of the hydrothermal vent shrimp genera Rimicaris ... by Komai, Tomoyuki; Segonzac, Michel / Journal of Shellfish Research
11G): Naked podobranch, basis with 16 setae; endopod five-segmented with 8, 15, 1, 9, 10 setae; exopod with six plumose setae.
Larval development of the kishi velvet shrimp, Metapenaeopsis dalei ... by Choi, Jung H.; Hong, Sung Y. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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