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by two curved setae. Maxilliped stout, with a short spine near base 

 of second segment. Mouth tube rectangular, with rounded corners. 

 Furcula small and short, the arms curved inward slightly; blunt 

 process at each anterior angle. 



First and second legs normal for caligids. Third leg with flat 

 base that is crossed by a longitudinal row of spinules and bears a 

 circular disc near its median border that has 9 or 10 short spines 

 on its border and one or two in its interior ; the endopod bears a 

 hook that is smaller than the one on the basipod. The fourth leg 

 has five very short spines near the tip and the three terminal seg- 

 ments are short. The fifth leg is represented by three spines at 

 the posterior-lateral margin of the genital segment. 



Figure 69.— a-f, C aligns spinosurculus, new species: Female: a, Ventral view; b, 

 furcula ; c, spiny sucker at posterolateral angle of carapace; d, Caligus germoi, new 

 species: Ventral view of male; e-g, Lernanthropus amplitergum, female: e. First 

 leg; /, second leg; g, ventral view of cephalothorax. 



