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Table 3 Polycheles typhlops, decapodid

From: Larval stages of the deep-sea lobster Polycheles typhlops (Decapoda, Polychelida) identified by DNA analysis: morphology, systematic, distribution and ecology

Spines

Pleonites

1

2

3

4

5

6

Dorsal

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

 Anterior small

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

 Median small

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

 Anterior strong

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

 Posterior strong

1bi

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Lateral

 Posterior small

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Pleural strong (su)

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Pleural strong (me)

0

0

1

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

1

1

 Pleural strong (in)

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

  1. Number of spines of the pleonites (1–6)
  2. A, Present study; B, Bouvier (1917); bi, bifurcated; in, inferior; me, median; su, superior