STOMATOPOD CRUSTACEA — MANNING 



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Carapace narrowed anteriorly, anterior width less than one-half 

 median length; median carina low, entire, not as sharp as remainder 

 of carinae, with well-marked anterior bifurcation; distance from 

 dorsal pit to bifurcation less than distance from bifurcation to anterior 

 margin; portion of median carina posterior to cervical groove also 

 bifurcate anteriorly; posterior margin projecting along midline; 



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Figure 9. — Squilla mauritiana Kemp, female, TL 102.0, He Europa: a, anterior portion of 

 body; b, eye; c, carpus of raptorial claw; d, outline of lateral processes of fifth, sixth, and 

 seventh thoracic somites; e, basal prolongation of uropod, ventral view. 



anterolateral spines strong but not extending to base of rostral plate; 

 intermediate carinae not extending to anterior margin; posterolateral 

 portion of margin lacking anterior angle. 



Dactylus of raptorial claw with 6 teeth, outer margin sinuate; 

 dorsal ridge of carpus with 2 tubercles; inferodistal angle of merus 

 with blunt spine. 



