Image of stout coastal shrimp

Description:

This species has an epipod on pereopods 1-3. This photo shows the coxae at the base of the right pereopods 2 (on the left) to 4 (on the right) The edge of the carapace can be seen above the legs. The flaplike epipod can be seen projecting to the right from the dark part of the coxa of pereopod 2 just above the center of the photo. Photo by Dave Cowles, June 2012.