Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . a-c; 1955: 5, 50. Day, Field &Penrith, 1970: 47. Poore, 1975: 531. Kensley, 1978fl: 50, fig. 22C. Diagnosis Integument indurate, with small pits only noticeable on cephalon, pleon,and first pleopods. Pleonite 6 fused with telson dorsally, fusion fine broad, with strong lateral ridge and barely noticeable mid-dorsallongitudinal ridge. Pereopod 1 propodal palm faintly sinuous, denticulate; rowof finely fringed setae on inner propodal surface near palm in female. Maleunknown. Type material Holotype, SAM-A8
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . a-c; 1955: 5, 50. Day, Field &Penrith, 1970: 47. Poore, 1975: 531. Kensley, 1978fl: 50, fig. 22C. Diagnosis Integument indurate, with small pits only noticeable on cephalon, pleon,and first pleopods. Pleonite 6 fused with telson dorsally, fusion fine broad, with strong lateral ridge and barely noticeable mid-dorsallongitudinal ridge. Pereopod 1 propodal palm faintly sinuous, denticulate; rowof finely fringed setae on inner propodal surface near palm in female. Maleunknown. Type material Holotype, SAM-A8281, non-ovig. $, 17,0 mm, Port Elizabeth, intertidal. Other material SAM-A14323, 1 juv., 9,1 mm, off Saldanha Bay. SAM-A14184, 1 juv.,9,6 mm, False Bay. SAM-A14154, 1 juv., 6,0 mm, Port Elizabeth. SAM-A14182, 1 non-ovig. 9, 19,2 mm, locality unknown. Distribution Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth, intertidal to 4 m. Remarks The single specimen from off Saldanha Bay has numerous rhizocephalanparasites attached to the ventral pereon. 142 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 29. Malacanthura pseudocarinata. A. 9 dorsal view. B. Pereopod 1 inner Pereopod 1 outer view. D. Pereopod 7. E. Maxilliped. F. Distal mandibular palpsegment. G. Uropodal exopod. H. Mandible. I. Uropodal basis and endopod. J. Pleopod 1 exopod. Scale in mm. SOUTHERN AFRICAN ANTHURIDEA 143
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