accessory pulsatile organs

accessory pulsatile organs
(ARTHROPODA)
Pulsating structures connected with the hemocoel that are concerned with maintaining a circulation through the appendages, but pulsating independently from the heart.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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