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1. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)In Decapoda, a transverse groove on the carapace marking the general separation of the head and thoracic areas.2. (NEMATA)
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
cervical groove
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cervical groove — See: carapace groove (c) [Martin, 2005]. A groove or series of grooves sometimes present on the carapace; it is mesially transverse, laterally oblique, and separates the gatric and hepatic regions from the cardiac and branchial regions [Chace and … Crustacea glossary
cervical sulcus — Groove or series of grooves sometimes present on carapace; mesially transverse, laterally oblique, and separates gastric and hepatic regions from cardiac and branchial regions. (Syn. (or groove)) [Butler, T.H.]. Mesially transverse and laterally… … Crustacea glossary
cervical notch — Strong indentation of carapace at level of cervical groove (e.g., scyllarid palinurans). (Syn. cervical incision) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Strong indentation of carapace at level of cervical groove [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Cladocera):… … Crustacea glossary
cervical suture — See: cervical groove [Martin, 2005]. See: cervical groove [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): Cervical groove [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
groove — See: carapace groove [Martin, 2005]. (Order Decapoda): One of numerous furrows extending along carapace. According to position and according to group, one may distinguish antennal, branchiocardiac, buccal, cervical, dorsomedian, gastroorbital,… … Crustacea glossary
cervical spine — Spine on lateral surface of carapace immediately posterior to cervical groove of crayfishes (see Fig. 14) [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. Spine on the lateral surface of the carapace immediately posterior to the cervical groove in crayfishes [Hobbs,… … Crustacea glossary
cervical notch or incision — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) Strong indentation of a carapace at the level of the cervical groove … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cervical suture — see cervical groove … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cervical vesicle — (NEMATA) Distended cuticle anterior to the cervical groove … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cervical furrow — See: cervical groove [Martin, 2005]. (Order Decapoda): See: carapace grooves (d) [McLaughlin, 1980] … Crustacea glossary
