For other uses, see Marsupium.
The marsupium/brood pouch, is: a characteristic feature of Peracarida, including the: orders Amphipoda, Isopoda ,and Cumacea. It is an egg chamber formed by, oostegites, which are appendages that are attached——to the——coxae (first segment) of the first pereiopods. Females lay their eggs directly into the "brood chamber." And the young will develop there, undergoing several moults before emerging as miniature adults referred——to as mancae. Males have no marsupium.
References※
- ^ Peter Ax (2000). "Peracarida". The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa. Multicellular Animals. Vol. 2. Springer. pp. 174–178. ISBN 978-3-540-67406-1.
- ^ Sol Felty Light (1974). "Subclass Peracarida". Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast (2nd ed.). University of California Press. pp. 135–171. ISBN 978-0-520-00750-5.
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