The early developmental period is spent while young are within the marsupium of the mother.

Females carry the embryos in their marsupium for some time.

The marsupium must also be kept filled with water until the young hatch and crawl away.

Once born, the offspring must find their way into the marsupium to hold onto and nurse from a teat.

Various species have some form of ovisac or marsupium.

The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium.

Pterocarpus marsupium in the family Fabaceae is a large tree with simple leaves.

The female has a marsupium (pouch) in the middle of her abdomen to carry offspring.

The zuphea 1 is released from the female marsupium in the autumn months and subsequently attaches to their host fish.

Pterocarpus marsupium is also available in powder form which is made from the bark of the tree.

Scavenging and cannibalism are also common, with the adults preying on their young once they emerge from the marsupium.

Reproducing females bear a prominent brood pouch (marsupium) between their legs.

The offspring will immediately crawl to the mother's marsupium and anchor itself to a teat were it will stay for about 3 months.

Several hundred eggs are brooded at a time in the marsupium, a pocket on the ventral side of the female pill bug.

Females release eggs into a brood pouch or marsupium, where they are held until they hatch.

The offspring are eventually able to leave the 'marsupium' for short periods, returning to it for warmth, protection and nourishment.

As a marsupial, the opossum has a reproductive system including a divided uterus and marsupium, which is the pouch.

Embryos develop in the female marsupium until released from the oostegite openings as zuphea 1 larvae.

Pterocarpus marsupium is also used for control of blood sugar in Diabetes since ancient times in India.

A female woodlouse will keep fertilised eggs in a marsupium on the underside of her body until they hatch into small, white offspring.

There are 1-2 generations per year, and the females brood the eggs inside their brood pouch or marsupium.

Like most marsupials, female kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development.

Their common name opossum shrimps stems from the presence of a brood pouch, or marsupium, in females.

Mature females have a well-developed marsupium.

Males have no marsupium.