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Figure 5 
Metcipenaeopsis clalei. Third protozoeal stage: (A) dorsal view; (B) antennule; (C) antenna; (D) mandible; 
(El maxillule; (F) maxilla; (G) first maxilliped; (H) second maxilliped; (I) third maxilliped; (J) pereiopod; 
( K ) lateral view of abdomen; (L) uropod. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. 
Postcarapacial region (Fig. 5, A and K): Abdomen six- 
segmented; dorsomedian spines on posterior margin of the 
lst-5th abdominal somites; one pair of spines on postero- 
lateral margins of 5th and 6th abdominal somites; 6th ab- 
dominal somite also with one pair of spines on lateroven- 
tral margin; pereiopods appeared. 
Uropod (Fig. 5L): Biramous; endopod with three setae; 
exopod with six setae. 
