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Fig. 7

From: Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818 (Cymothoidae) a parasitic isopod infesting the gills of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758): morphological and molecular characterization study

Fig. 7

Scanning electron micrographs of a female Livoneca redmanii isolated from European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax showing A Cephalon showing mouthparts including maxilla, maxillipeds, and labrum, in addition to antenna and antennule; B dorsal view of the cephalic region showing cephalon, antenna, and first pereonite; C ventral view of dissected cephalon showing antenna, antennule, maxilliped, frontal lamina, and lateral lamina; D ventral view showing pereopods, epimera, and part of the marsupium; E ventral view of the anterior part of the parasite showing frontal lamina, antenna, antennule, maxilliped, first pair of the first pereopods, and part of the marsupium; F high magnification of the 4th and 5th pereopods showing different parts of the pereopods including large basis, ischium, merus, carpus, propodus, and a large curved dactyl. AN, antenna; AU, antennule; CE, cephalon; CL, clypeus; FL, frontal lamina; LA, labrum; LL, lateral lamina; MX, maxilla; MXP, maxilliped; SM, stem of maxilliped; 1st P, first pereonite; EP, epimera; B, basis; I, ischium; M, merus; C, carpus; P, propodus; D, dactyl; MA, marsupium

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