Boone, Crustacea, Cruise of ''Alva," 1931 165 



rectangular but with the proximal margin and inferior inner lateral 

 angle much rounded and separated by the projected triangular apex 

 of the sternal plastron, the inner and outer lateral margins are slightly 

 divergent distally ; the distal margin is slightly oblique and beset with 

 seven or eight conical brown spines, the inner distal angle a blunted 

 brown-tipped triangular tooth; the merus is small, much wider than 

 long but not so wide as the ischium; the proximal meral margin is 

 curved convex, fitting into the concavity of the ischial margin ; the 

 inner meral margin, which is short, is also rounded ; the distal margin 

 forms a wide angle, the outer two-fifths being obliquely narrowed 

 toward the outer angle, while the inner two-fifths is obliquely narrowed 

 in the opposite direction and has a single sharp spinule at its inner 

 distal angle ; the surface of the merus is bent and is ornamented with 

 a transverse series of seven or eight sharp brown spines and a few 

 coarse granules ; the palp is small and stocky ; the basal article has one 

 large and a smaller spinule on its outer lateral margin; the distal 

 article is conical and bears a heavy brush of long setae. 



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