epipods

This clade is supported by the following synapomorphies common for both morpho analyses (starting from the character number): (48–49) presence of strap-like epipods terminating in a hook, on the fourth pereopod, (58–60) much reduced appendix interna in second to fourth pleopods The clade is well supported by molecular data (Fig 6A ).

2015 July 11, “Phylogeny and New Classification of Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Shrimps of the Family Alvinocarididae (Decapoda)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI