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480:on November 10, 2013
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567:Comparative anatomy
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988:Categories
838:Glossaries
650:Structures
531:morphology
415:References
339:carcinised
291:swimmerets
206:Pereiopods
134:antennules
117:appendages
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898:Body plan
883:Allometry
580:molecular
575:histology
484:April 23,
230:. In the
220:chelipeds
144:mandibles
999:Decapods
958:Category
643:Protists
403:See also
322:and the
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313:tail fan
300:gonopods
287:Pleopods
240:carapace
139:antennae
74:Pleopods
59:Carapace
758:Mammals
736:Odonata
731:Diptera
527:Anatomy
320:uropods
281:uropods
245:rostrum
232:Anomura
224:dactyls
113:abdomen
97:decapod
968:Portal
659:Plants
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307:Telson
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671:fruit
393:gills
335:crabs
215:chela
529:and
486:2012
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