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Table 1 Shows the length, width, and length-to-width ratios (± standard error) for different setae types at various structures in the cephalic region of Marsupenaeus japonicus, measured in µm

From: Scanning electron microscopy, morphometric and energy dispersive X-Ray analysis of cephalothoracic structures exploring defensive and sensory features in kuruma shrimp (Marsupenaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888)

 

 Types Setae

Length

Width at base

Length to width ratio

Antennules

Aesthetasc

390.8 ±20.2

20.8 ±1.02

18.79 ± 1.34

Simple setae

34.6 ±11.1

6.4±1.3

5.41 ± 2.05

plumose setae 

559.48± 97.7

9.96±1.4

56.17 ± 12.59

Antenna

Unipennita setae 

93.9± 0.2

6.6 ±0.461

14.23 ± 0.99

 Filamentous  

260.7±16.149

7.9 ±0.47

33.00 ± 2.83

Small simple setae

33.3 ±7.3

3.78 ±0.27

8.81 ± 2.03

Rostrum

Plumose setae 

328.6 ±39.4

17.44 ±1.7

18.84 ± 2.91

Simple setae

30.66 ±4.6

4.02 ±0.41

7.63 ± 1.38

Pappose setae

25.854 ±1.2

3.36±0.09

7.69 ± 0.41

Eye stalk

Simple seta

31.6 ± 0.2

3.04 ± 0.2

10.39 ± 0.69

Pappose setae

26.8 ±2.1

3.5 ±0.26

7.66 ± 0.83

Plumose setae 

330.42 ±46.13

19.48 ±2.89

16.96 ± 3.46

Scaphocerite

Plumose setae  

771.2 ± 236.2

26.2± 0.1

29.44 ± 9.02