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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 427connecting cervical, postcervical and branchiocardiacgrooves.hepatic pouches see caecumhepatic region (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, an areacontiguous with antennal, cardiac and ptergostomial regions.hepatic spine (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, located belowand behind the lower branch of the cervical groove.hepatopancreas n. [Gr. hepar, liver; pan, all; kreas, flesh] Abranched digestive gland of the cephalothorax of variousinvertebrates, functioning as both liver and pancreas.herbivore n. [L. herba, plant; vorare, to eat] Animals that feedon plants. herbivorous a.hereditary a. [L. hereditas, heirship] Biological traits transmittedfrom one generation to another.heredity n. [L. hereditas, heirship] The transmission of genesfrom parents to offspring, controlling biological traits.hermaphrodite n. [Gr. hermaphroditos, combining bothsexes] An individual bearing recognizable male and femaletissues and producing male and female gametes at someperiod of the life cycle; monoecious; androgynous; ambisexual;ambosexous; protandry. see intersex. hermaphroditica.hermaphroditic duct (MOLL: Gastropoda) In Pulmonata, theduct that connects the ovotestes and carrefour area.hermaphroditism n. [Gr. hermaphroditos, combining bothsexes] Possession of gonads of both sexes by a single individual;autocopulation.hermatype corals (CNID) Reef building species of corals. hermatypica. see ahermatype corals.hesmosis see swarmingheteractinal a. [Gr. heteros, different; aktis, ray] (PORIF) Spiculeshaving a disc of six to eight rays in one plane and asingle perpendicular ray.heterauxesis n. [Gr. heteros, different; auxesis, growth] Disproportionategrowth of a structure in relation to the rest of