. Fig. 7. Thalassinid D. II. a. Head and rostrum. St. 1375. b. Telson. St. 1375. c. Antenna. St. 1375. d. Palp of maxillule. St. 1580. e. Endopod of maxillipede i. St. 1580. /. Gills of legs 3 and 4. St. 1580. Legs I and 2 chelate. Exopod of leg 5 as long as merus. Epipods, with rudiments of podobranchs, and a pair of very large arthrobranchs on legs 1-4. Pleopods on somites 2-5 with rudiment of appendix interna. Though much less common than the preceding species, the distribution is about the same, extending in the Atlantic to 14° N and to the equator off east Africa. The large epipods, with
. Fig. 7. Thalassinid D. II. a. Head and rostrum. St. 1375. b. Telson. St. 1375. c. Antenna. St. 1375. d. Palp of maxillule. St. 1580. e. Endopod of maxillipede i. St. 1580. /. Gills of legs 3 and 4. St. 1580. Legs I and 2 chelate. Exopod of leg 5 as long as merus. Epipods, with rudiments of podobranchs, and a pair of very large arthrobranchs on legs 1-4. Pleopods on somites 2-5 with rudiment of appendix interna. Though much less common than the preceding species, the distribution is about the same, extending in the Atlantic to 14° N and to the equator off east Africa. The large epipods, with rudiments of podobranchs, point definitely to an Axiid genus. The extreme elongation of the arthrobranchs is a unique feature.
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