Crustacea glossary

MEDIAN DORSAL PLATE

Elongate plate separating carapace valves posterodorsally (Phyllocarida Rhinocarina) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].
Elongate plate separating carapace valves posterodorsally in some phyllocarids [McLaughlin, 1980].

  1. median dorsal plate—ARTHROPODA Crustacea In some Peracardia an elongate plate separating carapace valves posterodorsally....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology