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From: Eggs to long-legs: embryonic staging of the harvestman Phalangium opilio (Opiliones), an emerging model arachnid

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Phalangium opilio as a model for developmental biology. A: Adult male P. opilio in lateral view. Anterior is to the right. B: Mating couple of P. opilio. C: Example of a terraria where adults P. opilio are kept at the Sharma lab (UW-Madison). D: Adult female laying an egg in a clutch in dampened cotton (water source). E: Egg-laying dish, consisting of a 35 mm plastic dish with dampened coconut fiber. Note a clutch on the lateral wall of the dish. chh: cheliceral horn; oc: ocularium; op: ovipositor; pp: pedipalp. Scale bar (approximate values): A: 2 mm; B: 6 mm; C: 10 cm; E: 1 cm

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