In the Alpheids shrimps, how does the movable plate of the sixth abdominal segment look like?

02 February 2015 1 3K Report

I just have a problem because its been hard for me to find a figure descriptive enough, thank you.

Try to see the articulated plate of sixth abdominal somite in: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/alpheus/GenusHarperalpheus.html

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