. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 70 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Family Pandalidae Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 Fig. 12 Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901: 108. de Man, 1920: 156. Description: Rostrum one and a half times longer than carapace, 10 dorsal, 7 ventral teeth. Rostral carina produced almost to posterior margin of cara- pace, posterior portion indistinct. Carapace with prominent post-antennular and post-antennal carinae, starting with prominent antennal and branchio- stegal spines respectively. Antennal sca
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 70 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Family Pandalidae Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 Fig. 12 Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901: 108. de Man, 1920: 156. Description: Rostrum one and a half times longer than carapace, 10 dorsal, 7 ventral teeth. Rostral carina produced almost to posterior margin of cara- pace, posterior portion indistinct. Carapace with prominent post-antennular and post-antennal carinae, starting with prominent antennal and branchio- stegal spines respectively. Antennal scale two-thirds carapace length, ist pereiopods equal in length to 3rd maxillipeds, ending in minute dactyl. 2nd pereiopods both chelate, right shorter than left. Right chela slightly larger than left, carpus of former with 12 segments, carpus of latter with about 20 segments. 3rd, 4th, 5th pereiopods similar, with slender dactyls. Abdominal segments I and 2 dorsally smooth, 3rd with flattened hook-like tooth, 4th, 5th, 6th dor- sally smooth. Telson elongate, tapering, equal in length to outer branch of uropod, apically pointed, with 2 pairs of subapical spines. Previous records: Bali Sea, Makassar, Kei Islands, Madura Straits, Andaman Sea. Material: i $, carapace length (excluding rostrum) 9 mm, overall length 43 mm. Station 370 G. Depth 347 metres. Remarks: This appears to be the most southerly record of this very distinctive Indian Ocean Fig. 12. Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock. Lateral view. Plesionika acanthonotus (Smith, 1882) Fig. 13 a-b Pandalus acanthonotus Smith, 1882: 61, plate 13, figs 10, 11. Plesionika acanthonotus (Smith), de Man, 1920: 105. Holthuis, 1951: 62, fig. 13 b-t. Description: Rostrum two-thirds carapace length, compressed, spines variable (^WSj 12/4, 12/5). Prominent antennal and branchiostegal spines. Basal joint. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
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