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From: Morphology and function in the Cambrian Burgess Shale megacheiran arthropod Leanchoilia superlata and the application of a descriptive matrix

Figure 10

Leanchoilia superlata Walcott, 1912, appendage five and further posterior appendages. A, ROM 61903, appendage five; B, ROM 61865, appendage six; C- D, Appendage seven; C, ROM 61881, spine triplets apparent (arrows), note the curved sclerotic boundary between basipod and arthrodial membrane; D, ROM 61908; E, ROM 61879, appendages eight to twelve with pronounced folds of the arthrodial membrane and clearly evident sclerotic boundary on appendage nine; F, ROM 61904, appendage eight; G, ROM 61883, appendage twelve, only specimen with two setae on some endopod elements (arrows); arrows mark setation in all images; additional abbreviations: fo = folds; sc = sclerotic boundary (outline).

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