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Crosnier; June 1959; MNHNP. 1 <?, 38.2; lies Mitsio, northwestern 

 coast of Madagascar; trawl; 64 m; muddy sand; 28 July 1958; USNM. 

 Description. — Eye small, extending slightly beyond middle of first 

 segment of antennular peduncle; stalk inflated, almost twice as long 

 as broad; cornea small, bilobed, less than half as long as stalk; ocular 

 scales rounded, fused along midline. 



Figure 1. — Clorida chlorida (Brooks), male, TL 38.2, lies Mitsio: a, anterior portion of 

 body; b, lateral processes of exposed thoracic somites; c, outline of lateral processes of 

 fifth and sixth thoracic somites, lateral view; d, outline of abdomen, lateral view; e, last 

 abdominal somite, telson, and uropod;/, uropod, ventral view. (Setae omitted). 



Antennular peduncle elongate, as long as carapace or nearly so; 

 dorsal processes of antennular somite visible lateral to rostral plate 

 as broad, sharp, anteriorly directed spines. 



Antennal peduncle elongate, first segment extending well beyond 

 eye; antennal scale slender, curved, over half as long as carapace. 



Rostral plate broader than long, triangular, rounded anteriorly, 

 without carinae. 



