branchial glands
From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
Arthropoda: Crustacea) Masses of connective-tissue cells, lacking ducts, that surround the venous channels in branchiae.
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2. (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) Glands along the gill where they connect with the mantle; site of hemocyanin production.