. Fig. 16. Palinuurs sp., 50 mm. a. Dorsal view of head region. A i, antennule; A 2, antenna; C, cuticular elevation; E, eye-stalk. b. Maxillule. c. Telson and uropods. Maxillule with only a vestige of the palp (Fig. i6b). Maxilla with large exopod fringed with setae. Maxillipede i large, with epipod. Maxillipedes 2 and 3 with long setose exopods. Maxillipede 3 and legs 1-4 with very small coxal spines. Leg 5 of five seg- ments, without exopod. All gills present. Pleopods large, with appendix interna free. Uropods large, with spine on outer margin of both branches, a basal muscular part distin
. Fig. 16. Palinuurs sp., 50 mm. a. Dorsal view of head region. A i, antennule; A 2, antenna; C, cuticular elevation; E, eye-stalk. b. Maxillule. c. Telson and uropods. Maxillule with only a vestige of the palp (Fig. i6b). Maxilla with large exopod fringed with setae. Maxillipede i large, with epipod. Maxillipedes 2 and 3 with long setose exopods. Maxillipede 3 and legs 1-4 with very small coxal spines. Leg 5 of five seg- ments, without exopod. All gills present. Pleopods large, with appendix interna free. Uropods large, with spine on outer margin of both branches, a basal muscular part distinct from a distal part which shows internal striation (Fig. 16 c). There can be very little doubt that this Phyllosoma belongs to a species of Palinurus, although it differs from P. vulgaris and P. gilchristi in not having a definite palp on the maxillule. On the other hand, it agrees with them in the proportional length of the segments of the antennular peduncle, which seems to be a very good generic character. The only species of the genus from this region is P. lo?igimamis var. maiiritianus, Miers. The great size of the Phyllosoma as compared with that of P. vulgaris is remarkable.
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