Meaning of thermosbaenacean | Babel Free

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Any member of the Thermosbaenacea, a group of crustaceans found in thermal springs.

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“In the case of leptostracans, brooding takes place ventrally between the mother’s thoracopods, which form a large basket holding the developing embryos, while brooding in thermosbaenaceans takes place dorsally under an enlarged part of the carapace, and that of isopods take place ventrally in a marsupium formed, probably, by modified thoracopodal epipods.”

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