Crustacea glossary

VENTRAL GROOVE

ventral groove: translation

(Order Leptostraca):
Elongate median line between thoracopod bases on ventral side of thorax. Food is trapped by thoracopods, passed anteriorly along ventral groove, and transferred to mouth. (Syn. food groove) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

  1. ventral groove—ventral groove translation ARTHROPODA Insecta In Collembola a cuticular channel down the middle ventral line of the body from the labium to the anterior part of the vent...Dictionary of invertebrate zoology