FIG. 3 in Oostegite development during the sexual maturation of females of Tmetonyx similis (G. O. Sars, 1891) (Amphipoda, Lysianassidae)

FIG. 3. (A, B) Development of the setae (oostegite St 3A on a left coxa 3). (A) Distal part of the oostegite with a depression containing a small seta; (B) enlargement of the small seta. (C–F) Setae on the distal part of the oostegite (St 4A on a right coxa 5) (C) Distal part of the oostegite with the setae; (D) enlargement of the right side of the previous oostegite, showing the seta with a swollen base; (E) enlargement of left side of the previous oostegite, setae at a different stage of development; (F) development of a cone at the base of the seta on the distal part of the oostegite on a right coxa 4.