Marsupium

Flea Shrimp Bathyporeia elegans with egg in Marsupium

Female isopod with clearly recognizable marsupium between the legs

As Pouch ( lat. Marsupium "pocket") refers to the brood pouch or the brood chamber in various animal groups:

• Marsupials
• Marsupia in the gills of female mussels , such as the river mussel . There the larvae develop into glochidia .
• Satchel crabs

Web links

• Definition on the side of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (English)