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apex depressed, longitudinally sulcate, fitting snugly behind ocular 

 scales. 



Carapace narrowed anteriorly; lateral plates projecting slightly 

 beyond base of rostral plate. 



Figure 2. — Odontodactylus japonicus (de Haan), female, TL 117.0 mm, Madagascar: a, 

 anterior portion of body; b, third to fifth abdominal somites in lateral view; c, propodus 

 and dactylus of raptorial claw; d, sixth abdominal somite, telson, and uropod; e, uropod, 

 ventral view, setae omitted. 



Raptorial claw stout; dactylus armed with 6-8 teeth, outer margin 

 of inflated basal portion rounded in large specimens. 



Fifth thoracic somite lacking distinct lateral process, lateral por- 

 tions of somite concealed under carapace; lateral processes of next 



