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any coupling-hooks be perceived ; the fifth joint of the palp is well 

 developed, but blunt, not at all finger-like. The epipod is broad 

 throughout, not lanceolate. 



The first gnathopods are small, with a denticle high up on the 

 second joint, the fourth joint short and bulb-like, the sixth nearly as 

 long as the second, the finger broad, with its nail almost hidden 

 among long serrate setae. They carry marsupial plates folded within 

 the following pair. The second gnathopods and first peraeopods 

 are similar to the second peraeopods, but shorter and with small 

 dentate side-plates. All three pairs carry very extensive marsupial 

 plates. The second to the fifth joints are furnished with a 

 variety of spine processes, the fourth having a specially blunt apical 

 process. The fifth joint is as long as the second in the second 

 peraeopods, but exceeds it in length in the two preceding pairs of 

 limbs ; the sixth joint is slender, not so long as the fifth, and ends 

 in a slender nail-like finger which is itself tipped by a long spine ; the 

 third to the sixth joints carry numerous long setae. 



The last three pairs of peraeopods are as usual distinct in character 

 from the preceding limbs, but similar one to another, although 

 successively shorter. In the third peraeopods the second joint is 

 considerably longer than the sixth, but little or not at all longer than 

 that joint in the two following pairs. This second joint is notable for 

 its variety of spine-processes, among which are one or two that are 

 blunt ; the third joint is also armed, but the remainder are content 

 with a few needle-like and feathered spinules and setules ; the 

 finger is rather robust, with a little tooth on the inner margin in 

 advance of the nail. 



The first pleopods have the peduncle armed along one margin with 

 a long row of thirteen or more little glittering teeth, and on the 

 opposite or inner margin with about eight hooked spines. 



The uropods are diversified with numerous little denticles on the 

 outer surface ; the distal part of the hinge margin is fringed with 

 plumose setae. The exposed ramus is very small, rather broader than 

 long, with a little subapical spinule ; the concealed ramus is about as 

 long, but less than half as broad, and has four graduated slightly 

 curved spines on the distal margin. 



The length of the specimen was 17 mm., not including the second 

 antennae, which also measured 17 mm. 



The spots and dendritic markings, and the extraneous substances, 

 including foraminifera, entangled among the processes of the body 

 and limbs, cause some difficulty in distinguishing the number and 

 shapes of the various ornaments. 



