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===Pleon=== The [[pleon]], or abdomen, is similar in length to the cephalothorax.<ref name="TM105">[[#TavaresMartin2010|Tavares & Martin, 2010]], p. 105</ref> It has six segments, the first five bearing lamellar [[pleopod]]s, and the last one bearing [[uropod]]s.<ref name="TM110-11">[[#TavaresMartin2010|Tavares & Martin, 2010]], pp. 110β111</ref> The pleopods are biramous, except in [[Sicyoniidae]], where they are uniramous.<ref name="TM110"/> The uropods and [[telson]] collectively form the tail fan; the uropods are not divided by a diaeresis, as they are in many other decapods.<ref name="TM111">[[#TavaresMartin2010|Tavares & Martin, 2010]], p. 111</ref> The telson is pointed and is usually armed with four pairs of [[seta]]e or [[spine (zoology)|spines]].<ref name="TM111"/>
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