Plate 1 issued from : T. Park in Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. California, San Diego, 2000, 31. [p.169, Fig.17].
Female (3,09°25'S, 159°06'E): a, urosome (dorsal).

Male (3,00°55'N, 112°50'W): b, urosome (right side); c, posterior part of urosome (dorsal); d, P5 (distal exopodal segments omitted), anterior; e, P5 (posterior); f, distal exopodal segment of left P5 (posterior); g, second exopodal segment of right P5 (posterior).
Nota: Anteriorly, P5 (Fig.17-d) with 2 or 3 large pores on coxa close to medial margin, 2-4 pores on basis, and 2or 3 pores on each of 2 distal endopodal segments and 1st exopodal segment. Posteriorly, P5 (Fig.17-e) with 5 or 6 pores on coxa, 4 pores on basis, 1st exopodal segment and 2 distal endopodal segments each with 1-3 pores.

Plate 2 Mesorhabdus poriphorus 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 2 pores on each side; caudal ramus with pores to anterior end (Fig.17-a).

Plate 3 Mesorhabdus poriphorus 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 with pores; anteriorly, coxa of P5 with several pores (Fig.17-d).
4 - Dorsally, caudal ramus with 2 or 3 pores (Fig.17-c); Mx2 with 2 setae on 2nd lobe.