FIGURE 3. a in Notes on some crinoid associated decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Lakshadweep Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean

FIGURE 3. a. Microscopic image of Synalpheus carinatus (De Man, 1888) carapace, lateral view; b. same, anterior region of carapace along with the major chela, dorsal chela; c. same, posterior abdominal segments and telson, dorsal view; d. S. comatularum (Haswell, 1882)—whole animal, lateral view; e. same, posterior region of carapace, dorsal view; f. same, dorsal view of telson; g. S. stimpsonii (De Man, 1888)—carapace, dorsal view; h. same, anterior region of carapace dorsal view; i. same, major chela, venterolateral view; j. Palaemonella pottsi (Borradaile, 1915)—whole animal, lateral view; k. same, anterior region of carapace, dorsal view; l. same, dorsal view of telson showing posterior spines, Scale bar: a,d,e,g,h,i= 2mm, b,c,f,j–l= 1 mm.