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Mandibles with principal and secondary cutting edges dentated 

 and with numerous spines on spine row, molar tubercle robust ; palp 

 3-jointed, with first joint rather short, second joint long and slender 

 with row of long stiff setae on inner margin, third joint shorter 

 and more slender than second with several very long setae on inner 

 margin toward apex which is rather acute. Lower lip with inner 

 plates broad and rounded, outer plates broad with entire margins, 

 mandibular processes short and stout. First maxillae with 2-jointed 

 palp, inner plate triangular with many setae on iimer margin. Second 

 maxillae with plates having apices rounded, outer plate larger than 

 inner, both provided with setae on distal end. Maxillipeds with 4- 

 jointed palp, the first joint of which is about as long as broad, the 

 second is long and slender, cylindrical with setae on inner margin, 



Fig. 14. Ceradocus fcirkeri sp. nov. 



the third is less than 1/2 as long as the second with the distal end 

 rather broader than proximal and provided with setae on rounded 

 apex, and the fourth joint is conical with a stovit spine apicall}' ; 

 outer plate rather well developed, extending nearly as far as apex 

 of second joint of palp with outer margin rounded and inner margin 

 provided with broad toothlike spines which become longer toward 

 apex ; inner plate moderate, rectangular, with distal margin trans- 

 verse and provided with a few plumose spines and bearing trian- 

 gular process on outer distal angle. 



In male, first gnathopods with moderate epimeron, having antero- 

 ventral angle prolonged slightly and provided with several spinules ; 

 second joint rather long, slightly broader distally than proximally 

 and with a few setae on posterior margin ; third joint short ; fourth 

 joint rather longer than broad, subrectangular, with rounded apex 



