NO. 3589 GENUS MANNINGIA — MANNING 5 



Manningia species 



Figure 1 



Pseudosqiiilla pilaensts. — Nobili, 1906, p. 336. — Dawydoff, 1952, p. 146 [discus- 

 sion; not P. pilaensis de Man, 1888]. 

 Manningia pilaensis. — Serfene, 1962, text-fig. 5D. 



Material. — 1 broken 9, CL 7.0; Djibouti or Obock, French So- 

 maliland, Gulf of Aden; Dr. Jousseaume, collector; MNHNP. 



Description. — Rostral plate ovate, anterolaterally rounded; apical 

 spine absent (possibly broken). 



Antennal scale slender, margin complete setose; antennal peduncle 

 ■with one ventral papilla. 



Walking legs slender, endopod increasing in length posteriorly. 



Figure 1. — Manningia species, female, Gulf of Aden: a, anterior portion of body; b, basal 

 prolongation of uropod, ventral view (uropodal setae damaged, omitted). 



Fifth abdominal somite Avith posterolateral spines, 3 lateral 

 carinae present on each side, upper and lower subparallel and as long 

 as somite, middle carina shorter; sixth somite with 6 pairs of pos- 

 terior spines, with unarmed accessory carina present dorsally between 

 submedian and intermediate carinae as well as between intermediates 

 and laterals. 



Uropodal exopod Avith 8-9 movable spines on outer margin of pe- 

 nultimate segment, last spine extending past midlength of distal 

 segment; basal prolongation of uropod with 6 spinules on inner mar- 

 gin and poorly marked lobe present between distal spines. 



Color. — Completely faded. 



Measurements, — Summarized in table 1. 



