Plate 1 issued from : T. Park in Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. California, San Diego, 2000, 31. [p.167, Fig.15].
Female (from 15°35'N, 98°10'W): a, habitus (left side); b, c, urosome (left, dorsal, respectively); d, forehead (left); e, f, genital somite (left, ventral, respectively); g, first segment of left Mx2 (posterior); h, right Mxp (anterior).

Plate 2 issued from : T. Park in Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. California, San Diego, 2000, 31. [p.168, Fig.16].
Female: a, P1 (anterior); b, P2 (anterior); c, exopod of P3 (anterior); d, exopod of P4 (anterior); e, P5 (anterior).

Male: f, P5 (anterior); g, h, exopod of right P5 (anterior, posterior, respectively); i, exopod of left P5 (posterior).

Plate 3 Mesorhabdus paragracilis female:
1 - Genital somite without spinules along posterior margin; oral cone with low anterior labral lobe; Coxa of Mxp not with 1+2+3 setae.
2 -Coxa of Mxp with 1+2+2 setae; endopod of Mx1 with 4 setae, exopod with 6+4 setae; Mx2 normally with 6 setae on 1st lobe and 3 setae on 2nd lobe; dorsally, caudal ramus without a large pore close to posterior end.
3 - Dorsally, posterolateral corners of prosome diverging; Mx2 with 2 setae on 2nd lobe; 1st exopodal segment of P1 conspicuously bulging.
4 - Dorsally, anal segment with 1 pore on each side; caudal ramus without pores (Fig.15-c).

Plate 4 Mesorhabdus paragracilis male:
1 - In right P5, 2nd exopodal segment with medial projection at distal end of segment.
2 - Mx1 with 4 setae on endopod and 6+4 seta on exopod; dorsally, caudal ramus without pores on posterior half.
3 - Dorsally, caudal ramus without pores; anteriorly, cosa of P5 with a single pore (Fig.16-f).