Morphology data of Anoplodactylus paradigitatus
Identification keys
Main Ref. Child, C.A., 1988
Appearance refers to

Sex attributes

specialized organs
different appearance
different colors
remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Diagnosis Small; leg span 1.05 cm. Trunk: suture lines complete for first and second segments, lacking between third and fourth segments. Lateral processes: robust. Longer than their maximum diameters, separated by half their diameters or less, armed dorsodistally with low rounded tubercle slightly longer than wide on each, flanked by two or three short setae. Neck: Long, constricted posterior to ocular tubercle, "glabrous. Ocular tubercle: twice as long as wide, constricted and rounded apical. Eyes: Large, at tubercle midpoint. Darkly pigmented. Abdomen: moderately long, tapering to rounded tip, armed with two laterodistal setae. Proboscis: Slender, cylindrical over most of length, constricted proximally and distally, lips flat. Chelifores: Long, scapes cylindrical, armed with few lateral, ventral and distal setae. Chela: Long, fingers slightly shorter than palm. Palm: with several distal setae, movable finger well curved, with two proximal setae, immovable finger less curved, with one proximal seta. Fingers: Overlap at tips when closed, without teeth. Oviger: 6 segmented, third segment longest, with proximal constriction, second segment 0.6 as long as third, both armed with few lateral setae. Terminal two segments subequal to length of fourth. Fifth and tiny sixth segments armed with dense setae, some as long as segment diameters. Legs: long, slender, setose. Second coxae of posterior four legs with long ventrodistal spur with apical sex pore, almost as long as segment diameter, with few ventral and distal setae. Femur: Longest segment; with four long dorsodistal setae, shorter than segment diameter. Cement gland: With short tube, equal in length to 0.25 of segment diameter. Second tibia slightly shorter than first, both armed with long dorsodistal seta. Tarsus: short, without ventral spine. Propodus: With large heel bearing two short spines and four distal setae. Sole: With seven or eight low broad spines, two long distal setae and very short lamina. Claw: Well curved, about 0.6 as long as propodus, auxiliaries tiny (Ref. 6).
Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Anoplodactylus paradigitatus

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
spines     
soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
spines     
soft-rays   
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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