Crustacea glossary

UROGASTRIC GROOVE

(Order Decapoda):
On carapace, short, transverse groove posterior to and occasionally joined to postcervical groove [Stachowitsch, 1992].

  1. urogastric groove—ARTHROPODA Crustacea A short transverse groove in the median or submedian region of a decapod carapace posterior to the postcervical groove sometimes joining the upper p...Dictionary of invertebrate zoology