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PLATE 11 



Paraphoxus daboius n. sp., female, 3.5 mm, Sta. 2443-53. 



Fig. A, head. 

 Male, young, 3 mm, Sta. 2443-53. Figs. B, head; C, antenna 2; H, uropod 3. 

 Male, 3 mm, Sta. 2443-53. Figs. D, head; E, antenna 2; F, pleon segment 3; G, 

 uropod 3. 



Gnathopod 1 : article 5 slightly longer than 6, rather stout ; article 

 6 not broad, palm nearly transverse. Ratios of lengths of articles 5 and 

 6: Gnathopod 1 = 26:22, Gnathopod 2 = 1:1. 



Peraeopod 3 : article 4 nearly as wide as 2, article 6 shorter than 5. 

 Ratio of widths of articles 2, 4, 5, 6 — 32:29:26:15. 



Peraeopod 4: ratio of widths of articles 2, 4, 5, 6 = 47:29:24:12. 



Peraeopod 5 : article 2 rather slender, its ratio of width to length 

 being 50 :62 ; it reaches down to the end of article 4 and narrows distally, 

 with a convex lower edge ; the posterior edge bears about 7 small teeth ; 

 rest of appendage rather stout. 



Uropods 1-2: spines on marginal edges slender and moderately 

 numerous. Apices of rami bear articulated spines. 



Uropod 3 : inner ramus longer than article 1 of outer ramus ; article 

 2 of outer ramus a little more than one fifth as long as article 1. 



Telson moderately broad, apices blunt, the beveled lateral edges 

 bearing 3 short spines each. 



Third epimeron: posterior edge rather short, bulging, lower corner 

 rounded, bearing several long setae. 



Male. — Sexual dimorphism typical. 



Holotype.—AHF No. 537, female, 4.3 mm. 



Type locality. — Station 2498-53, middle of Santa Catalina Channel, 

 33-34-01 N, 118-09-58 W, 50 fms, sandy mud, Nov. 27, 1953. 



