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"ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



ELASMOPUS DIEMENENSIS, (Haswell). 

 (Fig. 10 a-c.) 



Mcyatnoera diemenensis, Haswell, 1880, p. 266, pi. xi., 

 Fig. 3. 



Elasmopus diemenensis, Stebbine, 1906, p. 442, and 

 1910, p. 643. 



Locality. Eastern Slope, Bass Strait. One male, 11 mm. 

 long. 



This species is very similar in general appearance to 

 E. snbcarinatus, but can be readily distinguished from it by 

 the pair of strong dorsal teeth on the posterior margin of 

 the first four segments of the pleon. 



In the first gnathopod (Fig. 10 a) the side-plate is pro- 

 duced a little anterioiiv and bears on the lower margin a 



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Fig. 10 a b. Elasmojjus diemenensis (Haswell), male. 

 a. First gnathopod. 6. Second gnathopod. 



