. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. COPEPODS OF THE WOODS HOLE REGION 49 Color.—The only statement in regard to the color of this species was made by Esterly, who said that it is " whitish in formalin but without ; Female.—Forehead with a crest; posterior corners of fifth segment produced into short and rather blunt spines; urosome 4-segmented; genital segment symmetrical and protruding ventrally; caudal rami nearly twice as wide as long, with dense tufts of fine hairs on their inner margins; exopod of first leg 2-segmented, the 2 proximal seg- ments fused; f


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. COPEPODS OF THE WOODS HOLE REGION 49 Color.—The only statement in regard to the color of this species was made by Esterly, who said that it is " whitish in formalin but without ; Female.—Forehead with a crest; posterior corners of fifth segment produced into short and rather blunt spines; urosome 4-segmented; genital segment symmetrical and protruding ventrally; caudal rami nearly twice as wide as long, with dense tufts of fine hairs on their inner margins; exopod of first leg 2-segmented, the 2 proximal seg- ments fused; first basipod of fourth legs without spines on the inner margin. Total length, mm. Male.—Forehead with a crest; posterior corners of fifth segment smoothly rounded; exopod of first leg 3-segmented; fifth legs bira- mose, exopods 3-segmented, endo- pods 1-segmented; right endopod club-shaped, not reaching the distal margin of the first segment of the exopod; left endopod reaching be- yond the distal margin of the first segment of the exopod, curved and tapered to a sharp point. Total length, mm. Rerriarks.—Rathbun's specimens were mixed with another species and probably escaped notice; this is unfortunate since it leaves the color of the species still Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.


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