. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. LARVAE OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEA 31S Thalassinid D. VIII (Fig. 15) Discovery St. 708. Rostrum i-88 mm.; body 5-28 mm. Rostrum not much longer than antennule, rather broad, serrated to end. Carapace with close-set marginal spines in front, smooth behind. Abdomen: somite 2 without spine; somites 3-5 with a pair of small dorsal spines. Pleura rounded. Telson less than three times as long as wide; posterior margin slightly convex, median spine rather short; spine formula 8, 1,8. Eye nearly round. Antenna
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. LARVAE OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEA 31S Thalassinid D. VIII (Fig. 15) Discovery St. 708. Rostrum i-88 mm.; body 5-28 mm. Rostrum not much longer than antennule, rather broad, serrated to end. Carapace with close-set marginal spines in front, smooth behind. Abdomen: somite 2 without spine; somites 3-5 with a pair of small dorsal spines. Pleura rounded. Telson less than three times as long as wide; posterior margin slightly convex, median spine rather short; spine formula 8, 1,8. Eye nearly round. Antenna with small inner spine on basis; scale without outer basal seta. Palp of maxillule and maxilla of three segments. Maxillipede i with outer seta on segment Fig. 15. Thalassinid D. VIII. St. 708. a. Head and rostrum. h. Telson. c. Palp of maxillule. d. Palp of maxilla. e. Endopod of maxillipede i. Chelae not fully formed. Leg 5 with exopod. Epipods on legs 1-4. Pleopods not visible. The last four species are represented only by specimens not fully developed. Thalassinid D. IX (Fig. 16) Oodeopus geminidentatus Bate. Discovery St. 1576. Rostrum 2-6 mm.; body 675 mm. Rostrum much longer than antennule, slender, with smooth end. Carapace with very large spine at anterior angle and close-set marginal spines in front and behind. Abdomen: somites 2-5 with subequal pairs of dorsal spines. Pleura 2-5 with strong ventral blunt Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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