BRANCHIAL CARINA

See: carapace carina (b) [Martin, 2005].

See: carapace carina (b) [McLaughlin, 1980].

On each side of carapace in shrimp-like (natantian) decapod, narrow, longitudinal ridge extending posteriorly from orbit over branchial region [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)

In Decapoda, that part of the carapace extending posteriorly from the opening (orbit) in the anterior face over the branchial region.