English: Supplementary Figure 3: a Before ecdysis; new cuticle has already formed; old and new sclerites overlap each other. b Ecdysis; the animal shed its old cuticle including sclerites through a dorsal split. c Idealized reconstruction of ecdysis; the animal extricates itself from its old cuticle (exuvia). Light red arrows indicate animal’s movement. Abbreviations: ap, appendage; cu, cuticle; dt, digestive tract; ex, exuvia; ns, new sclerite; os, old sclerite; tc, terminal claws. Based on observations of molting from living shrimps, they split dorsal mid-line and extricate anterior end (head) first and then the posterior end.