Image of deepsea shrimps
Description:
This photograph of the left side of the shrimp shows pereopods 3-5 (#5 is to the right). The endopods are robust and have reddish setae. The ventral edge of the carapace is visible at the top of the photo. The epipod on pereopod 4 can be seen must below the edge of the carapace, branching from the coxa. The exopods, which look like long flexible yellowish extensions, can be seen on pereopods 3-5, branching from the basis. Note that the exopods are of similar length to each other.
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