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terior part of the upper surface there are long spines arranged irregularly ; 

 these merge anteriorly into 2 rows. Two median rows are present on the 

 lower surface of the propocl. 



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There are abundant tufts of hair on the propod, but they do not hide 

 the spines. 



C. General Description of Paranephrops zealandicus. (See Plate jIV, 

 fig. 3. and text fig. 10 ; also measurements. Table 3. p. 314.) 



Specimens of P. zealandicus were obtained from Tinwald, Waimate, 

 Grlenavy, Oamaru. Waitati, Dunedin, Wyndham. Clifden, and Stewart 

 Island. 



The carapace is nearly cylindrical in shape, and does not bulge, as ia 

 P. setosus. This does not mean that P. zealandicus is more slender than 



