External Morphology
Eastern king prawn is an invertebrate prawn species. It has a fused head and thorax called a cephlo-throax ; and an abdomen. on the abdomen it has five sets of swimming appendages called pleopods . On the cephlo-thorax it has five pairs of walking legs and also a number of head appendages including the antenna and the maxillipeds. (refer to picture below for more details.
(Anatomy information from Montgomery 2010 and Davie et al 1990).
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Figure 16: External anatomy and reproductive organs of The Eastern King Prawn (Image from The Department of Industry and Investment NSW 2010) |
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