. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . e to smooth. Maxilliped well developed, palp 4-articulate, inner plate reaching middle of palparticle 1, apex truncate with 4 short rounded spines, present a row of long pinnate setaeapicomedially; outer plate oval, nearly reaching distal margin of palp article 3, bearing3 long pinnate setae apically and row of long spines on medial margin. Coxae I-IV not densely setose distally. Coxa I trapeziform, expanded distally,anterodistal angle blunt. Pereopod I scopelocheirin in structure, article 2 equal to articles5 and 6
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . e to smooth. Maxilliped well developed, palp 4-articulate, inner plate reaching middle of palparticle 1, apex truncate with 4 short rounded spines, present a row of long pinnate setaeapicomedially; outer plate oval, nearly reaching distal margin of palp article 3, bearing3 long pinnate setae apically and row of long spines on medial margin. Coxae I-IV not densely setose distally. Coxa I trapeziform, expanded distally,anterodistal angle blunt. Pereopod I scopelocheirin in structure, article 2 equal to articles5 and 6 taken together, 6th longer than 5th, dactyl very vestigial and shrouded in II subequal to pereopod I; 5th article drop-like, 6th rounded-oval, timeslonger than wide, dactyl emanating from middle of article 6 apex, palm straight, short, onehalf of the distal margin, both articles 5 and 6 thickly covered by short and long setae. Pereopods III and IV stout, 2nd articles dilated distally and equal to 5th and 6th articles 56 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. CO ^2 | 3 GAMMARIDEAN AMPHIPODS IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN 5 7 taken together, 5th article times shorter than wide, its posterodistal corner with setaeand short spines, 6th article conical, times longer than 5th, with short spines on theposterior margin and strong blunt spine at base of dactyl. Pereopod V slender, 2nd article oblong-oval without distal lobe, dactyl sharp andslightly curved, one quarter as long as 6th article. Pereopod VII 2nd article broad, anteriormargin concave distally and convex proximally, posterodistal lobe obliquely blunteddistally and not overreaching 3rd article, 4th and 5th articles subequal, 6th rather slenderand longer, dactyl short and sharp. Epimeron III posterodistal angle broadly rounded. Uropod II peduncle subequal to outer ramus, inner ramus slightly shorter than outer,peduncle medial margin and inner ramus with short marginal spines, outer ramus lateralmargin wit
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