ECHINIPHIMEDIA — BARNARD 



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mm. A recognizable male is only 7.8 mm long; thus, considerable 

 growth occurs after sexual maturity: the largest individual reported 

 is 45 mm long. The 6.4 mm specimen, however, is better developed in 

 some characters than the largest adults for it has 1 dorsal, 2 lateral, 



Figure 4—Echiniphimedia echinata (Walker), female, 22 mm, ET 435: a, lateral view of 

 body; b, left lateral antenna 1; c, accessory flagellum; d, gnathopod 2, setae removed; e, 

 distal end of pereopod 3; /, dorsal article 1 of antenna 1; g, gnathopod 1; h, maxilliped. 

 Juvenile, 6.4 mm, ET 436: i, pereonite 4 through pleonite 6, left to right. Male, 7.8 mm, 

 ET 436:/, pleonites 1-3, left to right. 



