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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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142Maggenti and Gardnerbranchiocardiac sinus (ARTHRO: Crustacea) One <strong>of</strong> severalsinus channels that facilitates blood flow from the gills tothe pericardial sinus and then to the heart.branchiopallial a. [Gr. branchia, gills; L. pallium, mantle](MOLL) Pertaining to the gill and mantle.branchiopneustic a. [Gr. branchia, gills; pneustikos, <strong>of</strong>breathing] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Pertaining to a form <strong>of</strong> respirationin larvae where the spiracles are functionally replacedby gills.branchiostegal area (ARTHRO: Crustacea) That part <strong>of</strong> a carapaceextending laterally and ventrally over the branchiae.branchiostegal spine (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, aspine on the carapace between the antennal and pterygostomialspines.branchiostegite n. [Gr. branchia, gills; stegos, ro<strong>of</strong>] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) Expanded dorsal and lateral branchial region <strong>of</strong>the carapace that covers the gills.branchireme n. [Gr. branchia, gills; remus, oar] (BRACHIO)Any limb.branchitellum n.; pl. branchitella [Gr. dim. branchia, gills;telos, end] (MOLL: Bivalvia) A point on the posterioventralshell margin <strong>of</strong> oysters at the aboral end <strong>of</strong> the gills nearthe palliobranchial fusion.breakage plane or joint The site <strong>of</strong> autotomy in invertebrates.breastbone n. [A.S. breost, front <strong>of</strong> the chest; ban, bony] 1.The sternum. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) In certain dipterous larvae,a horny ventral process behind the oral opening, representingthe labium; anchor process; sternal spatula.breathing pore see spiraclebrephic a. [Gr. brephos, embryo] 1. Pertaining to an earlystage <strong>of</strong> development. 2. (BRACHIO) The juvenile stage inshell development after protegulum, shown by presence <strong>of</strong>growth lines; from neanic shells, distinguished by absence<strong>of</strong> radial ornamentation.brevaceratuba n.; pl. -tubae [L. brevis, short; cera, wax;tuba, trumpet] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A wax gland <strong>of</strong> scale in-

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