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Originally posted by purplehaze
Appendix masculina...
Andy, so the PL 1 has on pp2 AI and AM present...how big is the AM in relation to the endopod?
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You guys are going too technical for us non specialists...
PL=post larva or pleopod?
pp=pereiopod or propodeus?How does the AM look?.I thought it appeared in the post larva,in the 1st pleop.and later disappears with the onset of hermaphroditism?.
I have seen chelae (claws) in pp 1 and 2 in the last larval stages of boggessi.
On a more lively note,it is nice to see how this big larva uses the paddles of pp3 and pp4 for feeding.When food is introduced and smell reaches the zoea,it starts fanning quickly with these paddles,creating a water current aimed to the mouth parts.