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Figure 7

From: Formation and development of the male copulatory organ in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum involves a metamorphosis-like process

Figure 7

All principal components of the bulb are present at the late subadult stage. Left: Pedipalp club at the late subadult stage, CLSM scan. The bulb primordium is denoted in orange. Right: Adult pedipalp tip with bulb sclerites, 3D reconstruction of a CLSM surface scan. Lines connect corresponding structures. Abbreviations: Co, conductor; Cy, cymbium; Em, embolus; Hae, haematodocha; STe, Subtegulum; Te, tegulum; Ti, tibia.

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