Bands : Stripes
      Barbed : Having thread like structure
      Barely discernable : Not visible
      Bifurcate : Forked
      Blotches : Discoloured mark
      Branchiostegal groove: Groove separating branchial region and antennal and hepatic regions
      Branchiostegal spine : Spine on anterior edge of carapace or near it, immediately below branchiostegal groove
      Branchiostegite : Expanded lateral portion of carapace forming gill cover
      Bristles : Stiff hairs
      Bulbous capitulum : Globular, Knob like swelling



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