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Adult:
Size ranges from 0.2-18.0mm long
Single, black central compound eye
Carapace that is used as a brood chamber, covers entire body excluding head
4-6 pairs of thoracic legs covered by transparent-yellow carapace
Large pair of appendages are for swimming
1st antennae are called antennules, 2nd are called antennae
Disc shaped
Largest pigmented parts are most likely eggs not the eye
Post abdominal claws
Pair of short cigar-like antennules; usually shorter than the head; sensory organs
Abdomen carries at its tip a pair of claws