- 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...
-
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...
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orders Amphipoda,
Isopoda ,and ****acea. It is an egg
chamber formed by
oostegites,
which are
appendages that are
attached to the
coxae (first segment) of...
-
marsupium when ****ually active, the
pouch being formed by
overlapping oostegites or
brood plates grown from the
medial border of the pereiopods. The young...
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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...
- A
female specimen with eggs
protected by
oostegites...
- moult.
Embryos develop in the
female marsupium until released from the
oostegite openings as
zuphea 1 larvae. The life
cycle from
zuphea 1 to
adult female...
- In
mature females,
brood pouches formed by
extensions of the
coxae (
oostegites) are
present on the
third and
fourth pereonites. The
fifth to seventh...
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uropods (posterior appendages).
Female petalophthalmidans have two or
three oostegites (flexible
bristly flaps)
forming the base of the
marsupium or
brood pouch...
