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ProtosquiUa guerinii (White) is the only other species of Protosquttla 

 known from the western Indian Ocean in which the telson is orna- 

 mented with long dorsal spines. That species, however, differs in 

 having the fifth abdominal somite armed with 3-5 transverse rows of 

 spinules, a row of spinules on the uropodal endopod, and the dorsal 

 spines of the telson arranged in an entirely different pattern. The 

 central spines on the telson of P. guerinii form a corona; the three 

 fissures of the telson margin are almost equally deep and are lined 

 with spinules. In addition, the dorsal spines on the telson of P. guerinii 

 may be provided with fleshy tips that are absent in P. spinosissima. 



Distribution. — Indo-West Pacific, from scattered localities be- 

 tween the western Indian Ocean and Japan. It has not been recorded 

 previously from Madagascar. It usually is recorded from shallow 

 water, on reefs, but Tattersall (1906) reported material from 45-50 

 fms off Ceylon. 



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