Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . locality only. Remarks The single known specimen was taken from a cavity in the base of anAllopora sp. coral. Malacanthura linguicauda (Barnard, 1920) Fig. 27 Anthura linguicauda Barnard, 1920: 338. Malacanthura linguicauda: Barnard, 1925fl: 133 (partim); 1940: 497 (partim). Nierstrasz, 1941: 240 (partim). Kensley, 1978fl: 52, fig. Malacanthura linguicauda: Barnard, 1925Z): 388. Diagnosis Integument hardly indurate. Pereonites 4-6 each with mid-dorsal elongatepit. Pleonites 1-5 fused, lines of fusion indicated
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . locality only. Remarks The single known specimen was taken from a cavity in the base of anAllopora sp. coral. Malacanthura linguicauda (Barnard, 1920) Fig. 27 Anthura linguicauda Barnard, 1920: 338. Malacanthura linguicauda: Barnard, 1925fl: 133 (partim); 1940: 497 (partim). Nierstrasz, 1941: 240 (partim). Kensley, 1978fl: 52, fig. Malacanthura linguicauda: Barnard, 1925Z): 388. Diagnosis Integument hardly indurate. Pereonites 4-6 each with mid-dorsal elongatepit. Pleonites 1-5 fused, lines of fusion indicated by faint lateral grooves;pleonite 6 free. Telson oval in outline, distally rounded, dorsally very gentlyconvex. Maxilliped with short endite. Uropodal exopod with sinuous outerdistal margin. Description Male. Integument hardly indurate. Proportions: with large dorsolateral eyes. Anterior margin of pereonites 2 and 3with rectangular depression for articulation. Slit-hke mid-dorsal pit present on 138 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 27. Malacanthura linguicauda. A. S dorsal view. B. S lateral view. C. Pereopod 1 6. D. Pereopod 2. E. Antenna. F. Pereopod 7. G. Maxilliped. H. Uropod. I. Pleopod 1. J. Pleopod 2 6 endopod. Scale in mm. SOUTHERN AFRICAN ANTHURIDEA 139 pereonites 4-6. Pleonites 1-5 fused, pleonites indicated ventrolaterally by shortslits; pleonite 6 free, with small mid-dorsal notch in posterior margin. Telsonelongate-oval, posteriorly rounded, dorsally gently convex, with two proximalstatocysts. Antennular peduncle three-segmented, basal segment broadest; flagellumof twenty to twenty-two articles bearing whorls of aesthetascs, reaching back topereonite 3. Antennal peduncle five-segmented, segment 2 broadest, groovedto accommodate antennule; flagellum of four articles. Maxilliped five-segmented, terminal segment set obUquely on segment 4, with five setae onmedial margin; segment 4 with few setae on medial margin; endite on innersurface reaching ba
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