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CIRRIPEDIA 



1. Lepas, side view. Scutum; tergum; carina; opening of shell; peduncle. 



2. Lepas, side view, with shell and mantle of one side removed. Oral cone; gills attached to 

 base of anterior thoracic legs; thorax with six pairs of biramous legs; abdomen rudimentary and 

 continued as penis, just dorsal to root of which is anus; testicular follicles, on sides of prosoma and 

 thorax. 



Cut open peduncle and observe ovaries. Examine the inner side of the uninjured mantle for 

 ovigerous frenum, to which may be attached the ovarian lamella. 



