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Centropages typicus (female posterior)

Note:

1. The distinctive shape of the last prosomal segment whose spines are symmetrical and point only slightly outward. (In C. haematus females, the right spine points sharply outward.)

2. The urosome is strongly asymmetrical, with a prominent lateral spine.


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