| Into each trap was placed a sample of approximately 40 male rock lobsters, each of which had been measured and marked by cutting a notch in its uropod. |
| In contrast, arthropods such as the lobster possess distinct maxillipeds, pereopods, pleopods, and uropod. |
| Molt stage was determined by examination of setogenesis via changes in the seta on the margin of the inner uropod, in accordance with Smith and Dall. |
| Our cladistic analysis confirms that the taxa included form a solid clade based on the apomorphic presence of a diaresis on the exopod of the uropod. |
| Only a few parts of the carapace produce the polarization, mainly the antennal scales, maxillipeds, and uropod scales. |
| The molt stage was determined by examining the uropod in which partial retraction of the epidermis could be observed. |
