Pouchlike diverticulum generally connected with mesenteron, with liver function; also see hepatopancreas [McLaughlin, 1980].
(Order Cladocera):
Digestive cecum [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Order Cumacea):
One of up to four pairs of relatively short, lateral digestive ceca opening into digestive tract at stomach/midgut border. (Syn. digestive caecum) [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Order Decapoda):
One of typically two large digestive glands occupying greater part of cephalothorax, each opening into junction of pyloric stomach and intestine. (paired, unpaired). (Syn. hepatopancreas, digestive gland) [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Order Isopoda):
Midgut cecum [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Subclass Cirripedia):
Digestive cecum [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Order Euphausiacea):
Hepatic gland [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.