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PLATE 5 

 Paraphoxus abronius n. sp., male, 3 mm, Sta. 2607-54. 



Figs. A, head; B, head, lower corner; C,D, gnathopods 1, 2; E,F,G, 

 peraeopods 3, 4, 5; H,I,J, uropods 1, 2, 3; K, telson; L, pleon 

 segment 3 ; M, epistome. 

 Female 2.5 mm, Sta. 2607-54. Figs. N, head; O, pleon segment 3; P, uropod 3. 



Despite these possibilities of close relationship the several populations, 

 P. abronius, P. epistomus and P. tucubrans, are distinct and numerous 

 enough to warrant nomenclatural segregation at this time. 



Material examined. — 1596 specimens at 22 stations. 



