Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . dSumatra, although superficially similar to L. laevigata in uropodal and telsonicshape, tends to be ovigerous at a smaller size and lacks imbricate scales on thetelson. These differences would indicate that at least one other species isinvolved in the western Indian Ocean. Leptanthura minuta Kensley, 1978Fig. 54Leptanthura minuta Kensley, 1978Z): 16, figs 9-10. Diagnosis Adult male and female less than 5,0 mm total length. Integument notindurate. Telson elliptical, posteriorly broadly rounded. Uropodal exopodbroadly o
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . dSumatra, although superficially similar to L. laevigata in uropodal and telsonicshape, tends to be ovigerous at a smaller size and lacks imbricate scales on thetelson. These differences would indicate that at least one other species isinvolved in the western Indian Ocean. Leptanthura minuta Kensley, 1978Fig. 54Leptanthura minuta Kensley, 1978Z): 16, figs 9-10. Diagnosis Adult male and female less than 5,0 mm total length. Integument notindurate. Telson elliptical, posteriorly broadly rounded. Uropodal exopodbroadly oval, margin crenate. Type material Holotype, SAM-A15654, 1 S, 4,6 mm. Allotype, 1 ovig. 9, 4,5 , 1 S, 1 ovig. 9, 1 non-ovig. 9, off Natal, 27°59S 32°40E, 550 , USNM 170545, 1 S, 1 ovig. 9, 1 non-ovig. 9, off Natal, 27°59S32°40E, 550 m. Other material SAM-A15655, 1 ovig. 9, off Natal, 27°31S 32°50E, 750 m. SAM-A15656, 2 J, 1 non-ovig. 9, off Natal, 30°53S 30°31E, 850 m. Distribution Off Natal, 550-850 m. 182 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 54. Leptanthura minuta. A. 6 dorsal view. B. Maxilliped. C. Antennule Antenna. E. Telson and uropod. F. Pereopod 1 S. Scale in mm. SOUTHERN AFRICAN ANTHURIDEA 183
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