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Head & Carapace 
Maxilliped Thorax & Abdomen Thoracic Somites Dorsal View of Telson Ventral View of Telson |
| How to determine the sex of mantis shrimps?
The copulatory organ (petasma) of the male located ventrally on the bases of the 3rd pereiopods which are missing in female. |
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