Image of slender-legged prawn
Description:
This closeup of the side of the carapace shows the dendrobranchiate (branching like a feather) gills underneath. This gill pattern is characteristic of dendrobranchiate decapods such as Penaeids but is not seen in true shrimp or in crabs.
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- Dendrobranchiata (prawns)
- Sergestoidea
- Sergestidae
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- Sergia tenuiremis (slender-legged prawn)
- Panarthropoda
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