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9. Cubaris akermaiii u. sp. PI. XXX, figs. 57-66. 



Body (fig. 57) ol)long-oval, convex, surface very finely 

 g'ranulose. Cephalon (figs. 58 and 59) small, flanked by the 

 pleural plates of the 1st mesosoni;itic segment; anterior margin 

 raised, cephalic lobes absent ; epistome dorsally sloping, 

 slightly concave laterally and raised in the median line. 

 Eyes large, situated dorso-laterally. Antenna3 (fig*. 60) short 

 and slender, setaceous and grooved on the outer side of each 

 peduncular joint ; flagellum 2-jointed, distal joint three times 

 as long as the proximal one, elongated terminal style. First 

 maxillfe (fig. 61), outer lobe terminating in five stout curved 

 spines and six smaller ones ; inner lobe slightly grooved on 

 the inner side and bluntly pointed terminally, with two setose 

 spines. Maxillipedes (fig. 62), the terminal joint of the outer 

 lolje is multispinous, and there are seven spines on the 

 middle joint; the inner lobe is broad and has four spines, 

 one arising from a central papilla-like portion. The segments 

 of the mesosome have the pleural plates of 2-4 rounded 

 terminally, 5-7 truncate, posterior angles not produced. 

 The coxopodite on the inner margin of the underside of the 

 1st segment is well-developed (fig. 63) and there is a definite 

 groove on both segments 1 and 2. Uropoda (figs. 64 and 65) 

 not extending beyond the telson, basal plate short and wide, 

 slightly raised and convex on the posterior and outer margins, 

 posterior margin wide and truncate, antero-dorsal surface 

 expanded ; exopodite short with terminal style, not extending 

 to the posterior margin of the basal plate; endopodite much 

 longer and widest at its proximal end, setaceous. Telson 

 (fig. 66) not extending beyond the uropoda, width greater 

 than the length, lateral margins curved, expanded anteriorly, 

 with single median raised notch on anterior margin, posterior 

 margin very faintly curved. 



Length 23 mm. 



(Jolour (in alcohol) almost black dorsally with very faint 

 greyish flecks later;) lly. 



