manca

Japanese: manca
manca

…The abdominal appendages are used for swimming and also serve as respiratory organs. In adult females, ovules form on the inside of the base of the thoracic legs, and after spawning, the eggs are incubated in a brood chamber. The larvae that emerge from this chamber (manca) have a shape similar to that of the adult, but the final thoracic legs have not yet appeared. Isopods are considered to be the most differentiated group of animals in the superorder Peracaridae. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "manca" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…腹肢は遊泳に用いられるほか,呼吸器の役も兼ねる。成体の雌では,胸脚基部の内側に覆卵葉ができて,産卵後の卵は育房内で保育され,ここから出た幼生(マンカ幼生manca)は成体に似た形をしているが,最後の胸脚がまだ現れていない。 等脚類はフクロエビ上目中ではもっとも分化の進んだ動物群と考えられる。…

※「manca」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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