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Image of California Spot Prawn

Image of California Spot Prawn

Description:

The carpus of pereopod 2 is subdivided by many annular striations into a flexible series of many articles. This structure is called a multiarticulated carpus. Pandalids have many articles (more than 7) on the carpus of the 2nd pereopod, and usually have around 20.

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Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory