. d e. f. Fig. 73. Panoploea excisa, a. Pleon segment 3. b. Telson. c. Side-plates 1-4. d. Maxilla 1. e. 2nd joint of peraeopod 3. /. 2nd joint of peraeopod 5. Gnathopod 1 slender, chelate, 5th and 6th joints subequal, slightly longer than 3rd. Gnathopod 2 slender, subchelate, 5th and 6th joints subequal, 6th slightly widening distally to the rounded palm (as in figure of Iphimedia capicola, supra). Peraeopods 3 and 4, 2nd joint with upper and lower hind angles rounded, hind margin feebly serrulate, with a slightly deeper indentation near lower angle, more pronounced in peraeopod 4 than
. d e. f. Fig. 73. Panoploea excisa, a. Pleon segment 3. b. Telson. c. Side-plates 1-4. d. Maxilla 1. e. 2nd joint of peraeopod 3. /. 2nd joint of peraeopod 5. Gnathopod 1 slender, chelate, 5th and 6th joints subequal, slightly longer than 3rd. Gnathopod 2 slender, subchelate, 5th and 6th joints subequal, 6th slightly widening distally to the rounded palm (as in figure of Iphimedia capicola, supra). Peraeopods 3 and 4, 2nd joint with upper and lower hind angles rounded, hind margin feebly serrulate, with a slightly deeper indentation near lower angle, more pronounced in peraeopod 4 than in 3. Peraeopod 5, 2nd joint with a wide semicircular excision distally, hind margin serrate. Uropods 1 and 2 unarmed, uropod 2 slightly shorter than 1. Uropod 3 as long as uropod 1, inner ramus longer than outer, ensiform, inner margin with a few widely- spaced minute short spinules. Antenna 2 and distal joints of all peraeopods lost. Remarks. The excised 2nd joint of peraeopod 5, and the rounded apices of side- plates 1-4 are the distinguishing features of this species, which as regards the mouth- parts agrees with minuta (cf. Sars, 1895, pi. cxxxiii, fig. 1). This is the first record of this genus in South African waters.
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