- An
oostegite is a large,
flexible plate-like flap
extending medially from the
coxae (first segments) of the
pereiopods (thoracic appendages) in some female...
- In
mature females, some or all of the
limbs have
appendages known as
oostegites which fold
underneath the
thorax and form a
brood chamber for the eggs...
-
beneath the thorax. This
brood pouch is
enclosed by the large,
flexible oostegites,
bristly flaps which extend from the
basal segments of the
pereopods and...
-
presence of a
brood pouch, or marsupium,
formed from thin
flattened plates (
oostegites)
borne on the
basalmost segments of the legs.
Peracarida is one of the...
- A
female specimen with eggs
protected by
oostegites...
-
marsupium when ****ually active, the
pouch being formed by
overlapping oostegites or
brood plates grown from the
medial border of the pereiopods. The young...
- In
mature females,
brood pouches formed by
extensions of the
coxae (
oostegites) are
present on the
third and
fourth pereonites. The
fifth to seventh...
-
uropods (posterior appendages).
Female petalophthalmidans have two or
three oostegites (flexible
bristly flaps)
forming the base of the
marsupium or
brood pouch...
- from
other subfamilies of
Mysidae by the
presence of the
seven pairs of
oostegites,
which can be
maximum four in
other subfamilies, and by the incomplete...
-
mouth on the
underside and a two-lobed
brood pouch enclosed by
small oostegites. The
segmentation is
indistinct and the five
pairs of
pereiopods (thoracic...
