Plate 1 issued from : J.H. Wi, R. Böttger-Schnack & H.Y. Soh in J. Crustacean Biol., 2010, 30 (4). [p.676, Fig.2]. Female (from 34°05.97'N, 129°47.32'E): A, habitus (dorsal), arrows indicating secretory pores; B, same (lateral); C, A1; D, A2 (individual elements on lateral margin of nd endopodal segment numbered using Roman numerals); E, labrum (posterior view); F, Md (individual setae designated using capital letters); G, Mx1; H, Mx2 (h: detail of allobasis); I, Mxp; J, P5. Scale bars in micrometers.
Plate 2 issued from : J.H. Wi, R. Böttger-Schnack & H.Y. Soh in J. Crustacean Biol., 2010, 30 (4). [p.677, Fig.3]. Female: P1 to P4 respectively (anterior views. Scale bar in micrometers.
Plate 3 issued from : J.H. Wi, R. Böttger-Schnack & H.Y. Soh in J. Crustacean Biol., 2010, 30 (4). [p.679]. Female: Armature formula of P1 to P4 (Roman numerals indicate spines; Arabic numerals indicate setae).
Plate 4 issued from : J.H. Wi, R. Böttger-Schnack & H.Y. Soh in J. Crustacean Biol., 2010, 30 (4). [p.678, Fig.4]. Female (SEM photographs): A, genital apertures; B, gengenital aperture right (arrow indicating bended process near base of spine). Scale bars in micrometers.
Distribution
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Distribution map of Triconia hirsuta by geographical zones
For Wi & al. (2010, p.679) this species shows all typical morphological features of the conifera-subgroup (Böttger-Schnack, 1999): a dorso-posterior projection on the 2nd pedigerous somite and a conical process on the distal endopodal segment of P2 to P4. Species of the conifera-subgroup are very close in morphology, and thus might easily be misidentified. However, due to the unique character of a hirsute surface ornamentation on the female genital double-somite, T. hirsuta can easily be identified without dissection.
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