21. In the freshwater snail species " Tarebia granifera ", the brood pouch is above the esophagus. 22. A brood pouch of a female can contain 3 to 363 eggs, averaging at 74 eggs. 23. The embryos are protected by a brood pouch , which also secretes nutrients to aid their development. 24. It is ovoviviparous and it is the male who broods the eggs in its ventral brood pouch . 25. Firstly females of the species possess a brood pouch ( a metapodial pedal gland ) in the foot. 26. Mysids are also called " opossum shrimp ", because of the brood pouch present in all mature females. 27. Female midvalley fairy shrimp more closely resemble female vernal pool fairy shrimp, which also have pear-shaped brood pouches . 28. The eggs seeded, a sphincter muscle snaps the brood pouch shut, and a membranous seal forms behind it. 29. The eggs of " Limnoria lignorum " are retained by the female in the brood pouch under her thorax. 30. The most fundamental difference between the different lineages of the Syngnathidae family is the location of male brood pouch .
