. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 20 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Alpheus paragracilis Coutiere Figs i4a-e Alpheus paragracilis Coutiere, 1897: 303; 1905: 883. De Man, 1911: 310. Chace, 1966: 627. Previous records: Tahiti, Djibouti, Maldive and Laccadive Islands, Nosy Be (Madagascar), Hawaii, St. Helena Island. Material: One ovigerous female, carapace length 4-9 mm. Remarks: The presence of an acute tooth on the ventro-distal extremity of the meri of the third and fourth pereiopods, biunguiculate dactyls of the last three pairs
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 20 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Alpheus paragracilis Coutiere Figs i4a-e Alpheus paragracilis Coutiere, 1897: 303; 1905: 883. De Man, 1911: 310. Chace, 1966: 627. Previous records: Tahiti, Djibouti, Maldive and Laccadive Islands, Nosy Be (Madagascar), Hawaii, St. Helena Island. Material: One ovigerous female, carapace length 4-9 mm. Remarks: The presence of an acute tooth on the ventro-distal extremity of the meri of the third and fourth pereiopods, biunguiculate dactyls of the last three pairs of pereiopods, together with the absence of supra-orbital spines, seem to place this specimen in the species paragracilis Coutiere, which belongs to the Macrochirus group of species. The present specimen agrees well in several respects with Coutiere's figures (1905, fig. 22) especially in the telson, uropods and third pereiopods. Slight differences exist in the second pereiopods and in the large chela. In Coutiere's figure the first segment of the carpus of the second pereiopod is about two-and-a-half times the length of the second, while in the present specimen it is just twice the length. The larger chela agrees in the possession of a notch on the ventral surface. Coutiere's figure, however, does not show any dorsal granulation as found in the present specimen. Unfortunately the smaller chela is 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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