Crustacea glossary

PARABRANCHIAL GROOVE

(Order Decapoda):
See: carapace grooves l [McLaughlin, 1980].
(Order Decapoda):
On each side of carapace, groove below, behind, and almost parallel with branchiocardiac and postcervical grooves; joins latter in lower part [Stachowitsch, 1992].

  1. parabranchial grooveARTHROPODA Crustacea In Nephropidae a carapace groove below behind and almost parallel to the branchiocardiac and postcervical grooves and joining the postcervical in th...Dictionary of invertebrate zoology