DORSOVENTRALIS POSTERIOR

Important muscle in crayfish and other decapods connecting head apodemes with internal surface of carapace just behind cervical groove [Moore and McCormick, 1969].

Prominent muscle connecting head apodemes with inner surface of carapace posterior to cervical groove in many decapods [McLaughlin, 1980].

(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)

In Decapoda, a prominent muscle connecting the head apodemes with the inner surface of the carapace posterior to the cervical groove.