Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . les; endite absent. Pereopod 1 unguis more than half length ofdactylus; propodus expanded proximally, palm gently concave, with fivesubmarginal spines; carpus triangular, distal rounded lobe bearing spine-scales,Pereopod 2 unguis half length of dactylus, with strong auxiUary spine at base;propodus rectangular, with strong sensory spine at posterodistal corner,posterior margin bearing fringed scales; carpus triangular, with strongposterodistal spine. Pleopod 1 exopod operculiform, subequal in length andabout three time
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . les; endite absent. Pereopod 1 unguis more than half length ofdactylus; propodus expanded proximally, palm gently concave, with fivesubmarginal spines; carpus triangular, distal rounded lobe bearing spine-scales,Pereopod 2 unguis half length of dactylus, with strong auxiUary spine at base;propodus rectangular, with strong sensory spine at posterodistal corner,posterior margin bearing fringed scales; carpus triangular, with strongposterodistal spine. Pleopod 1 exopod operculiform, subequal in length andabout three times width of endopod. Uropodal exopod elongate-oval, outermargin dentate, setose, distally acute; endopod broadly oval, margin setose,finely dentate. Male. Antennule with ten-articulate flagellum. Pereopod 1 propodalpalm straight, with dense band of fringed spines on inner surface. Pleopod 2endopod with slender distally expanded copulatory stylet reaching slightlybeyond ramus. Pleon, telson, and uropods relatively more elongate than infemale. SOUTHERN AFRICAN ANTHURIDEA 151. Fig. 34. Malacanthura transkei. A. 9 dorsal view. B. Antennule. C. Antenna. D. Mandible. E. Maxilliped. F. Maxilla. G. Pleopod 2 S. H. Uropodal endopod and basis. I. Uropodal exopod. J. Pleopod 1. Scale in mm. 152 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM
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