epigastric furrow

epigastric furrow
(ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)
A transverse ventral suture near the anterior end of the abdomen of spiders, along which lie the opening of the book lungs and in the middle the reproductive organs.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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