- It is
divided into
seven segments known as
pereonites. The
cephalon is
usually fused to the
first pereonite;
while the
highly reduced and
almost invisible...
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often red-brown at the edge of its
pereonites. It has a wide telson,
which is
roundly truncated. Its
first pereonite is chamfered,
unlike those of other...
- have 10
ommatids and have a dark
brown colour. The
anterior margins of
pereonite one
reach the eyes. Its
pleon outline is
continuous with the
pereon and...
-
consists of a head (cephalon), a
thorax (pereon) with
seven segments (
pereonites), and an
abdomen (pleon) with six
segments (pleonites), some of which...
-
cephalic lobe is
observed to be
sharply produced.
Shorter than
pereonite no. 3,
pereonite no. 1 and 2 is
subequal in length.
Urosomite no. 1 and 3 are separate...
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strong ****ual dimorphism.
Females lack the
dorsal tubercles present on the
pereonites of the males.
Males also have a
larger pleotelson and uropods. The largest...
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yellow to
white pigmentation. The head is
deeply embedded in the
first pereonite. The
posterior margins of the body
segments are
covered in fan-like scales...
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convex and
finely punctulated. The head is
closely encased by the
first pereonite. The
segments of the
pleon are rounded, with the
terminal segment being...
- the
seventh pereonite. In
males the
first two
pereonites are elongated, with the
second pereonite being the
longest of all the
pereonites. They are densely...
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wider than it is long. It
gradually widens from the
first to the last
pereonite and it is
covered in short,
widely spaced hair. Schotte,
Marilyn (2008)...