Planche 1 issued from : T. Park in Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. California, San Diego, 2000, 31. [p.165, Fig.13].
Female: a, b, urosome (left, dorsal, respectively); c, d, genital somite (left, ventral, respectively); e, left Mx1 (posterior); f, first segment of left Mx2 (posterior); g, right Mxp (anterior).

Planche 2 issued from : T. Park in Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. California, San Diego, 2000, 31. [p.166, Fig.14].
Female: a, exopod of P1 (anterior); b, exopod of P2 (anterior); c, exopod of P3 (anterior); d, exopod of P4 (anterior); e, P5 (anterior).

Male: f, g, urosome (right, dorsal, respectively); h, P5 (anterior); i, exopod of left P5 (posterior); j, exopod of right P5 (posterior); k, second exopodal segment of right P5 (anterior).

Planche 3 Issued from : G.O. Sars in Résult. Camp. Scient. Prince Albert I, 69, pls.1-127 (1924). [Pl.LXVI, figs.1-13].
Female (from around Azores Islands & Canary Islands): 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, rostrum; 3, A2; 4, Md (right cutting blade); 5, Md (left cutting edge); 6, Mx1; 7, Mx2; 8, P1; 9, P3; 10, P5; 11, urosome (lateral left side); 12, anal segment and caudal rami (dorsal).

Male: P5.

Planche 4 Mesorhabdus gracilis 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 Mxp2 with 1+1+2 setae; endopod of Mx1 with 3 setae, exopd with 5+4 setae (Fig.13-e); Mx2 with 5 setae on 1st lobe and 3 setae on 2nd lobe (Fig.13-f); dorsally, anal segment with 1 pore on each side; caudal ramus with a large pore close to posterior end (Fig.13-b).

Planche 5 Mesorhabdus gracilis male:
1 - In right P5, 2nd exopodal segment with medial projection at distal end of segment.
2 - Mx1 with 3 setae on endopod and 5+4 setae on exopod (Fig.13-e); dorsally, caudal ramus with 1 pore close to posterior end (Fig.14-g).