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PhoxicJiilidium femoratum HANSEN, '85, Tab. vii, fig. 21. 



Phoxichiliditim femoratum G. O. SARS, '88, No. 4. 



Phoxichilidium femoratum G. O. SARS, '91, pp. 21-24, pi- n -> fig- !> a ~g- 



Phoxichilidium maxillare STIMPSON, '54, p. 37. 



Phoxichilidium maxillare WILSON, '78*, pp. 12, 13, pi. IV, figs. la-ie. 



Phoxichilidium maxillare WILSON, '80, pp. 480, 481, pi. Ill, figs. 12-15. 



Phoxichilidium minor WILSON, '78 b , pp. 13, 14, pi. iv, figs. 2a-2f. 



Trunk cylindrical, tapering somewhat posteriorly ; sutures well defined. 

 Lateral processes about as long as width of trunk, well separated ; except 

 last pair, issuing from the middle of their respective trunk segments. 

 First trunk segment longer than succeeding ones. 



Caudal segment comparatively small, oval or oblong, unarmed. 



Eye tubercle situated ahead of middle of first trunk segment, small, 

 obtusely conical, the 4 eyes nearer the base ; the posterior pair lower 

 than the anterior. 



Proboscis about the length of the first and second trunk segments 

 together ; cylindrical or somewhat clavate, being larger distally ; obtusely 

 truncate, with a circular constriction near the distal end. It arises 

 somewhat ventrally from the first trunk segment ; the ventral border 

 starts obliquely downward, but soon bends forward at an obtuse angle. 



Chelifori comparatively powerful, considerably longer than proboscis. 

 Scape cylindrical or somewhat claviform ; chela movably connected to 

 it, usually carried somewhat downward, so as to overhang the proboscis ; 

 oval, smooth. Fingers powerful, about as long as palm; strongly curved, 

 leaving an open space between, even when closed; the movable finger 

 the longer and overlapping the other without crossing. 



Ovigera strong, about equal in length to the body. First joint short, 

 about one and a half times as long as broad; j.2 of smaller diameter, 

 somewhat less than twice as long as first, and about equal to fourth ; j.$ 

 longest, two and a half times /.i, curved slightly dorsalward, with a de- 

 cided constriction at about one fourth of its length from the proximal 

 end; /.4 curved ventrally; j.$ large, nearly as long as 7.4, broad, com- 

 pressed, arcuate, the appendage as a whole forming a sigmoid curve. 

 On the basal half of the inner margin of this joint there are 3 closely set 

 unguiform spines, while at either side occurs a set of feebler ones ; other 

 joints sparingly beset with exceedingly small, simple spiniform bristles. 



Legs comparatively robust, two and one half to three times the length 

 of the animal, smooth, except for microscopically minute spines. First 

 coxal joint short, nearly square; c.z more than twice as long as f.i ; ^.3 

 shorter again. Femoral joint longest, swollen in the female; tibial 

 joints of about equal length, somewhat shorter than /. and about as long 

 as coxal region ; both of less diameter than /., and the second smaller 



