Crustacea glossary

CARDIAC TOOTH

See: carapace tooth (a) [Martin, 2005].
See: carapace teeth (a) [McLaughlin, 1980].
(Order Decapoda):
On midline of carapace, tooth-like projection in cardiac region just posterior to cervical groove [Stachowitsch, 1992].

  1. cardiac tooth—ARTHROPODA Insecta In Decapoda a tooth on the midline of a carapace just posterior to the cervical groove....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology