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If you copy the labeled drawing of the P. ciliata that I have posted, only a few additions should make the drawing more useful. The cephalothorax has 8 segments. The first 5 each have a pair of maxillipeds coming off of them and the segmentation is not visible (under the carapace). Thoracic segments 6, 7, and 8 each have a pair of walking legs. (count from front to back). The abdomen has 6 segements. 1-5 each have a pair of pleopods and 6 has a pair of uropods.. The terminal segment is the telson.
About the only other terms I often use describe the top, sides or bottom of a segement's cuticle. Tergite is top, plurite is the side and sternite is the bottom.
Roy
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