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as Maera mastersi (Haswell) and M. othonides Walker. Complica- 

 tions arise because both species were inadequately described by 

 their erectors. The first redescription of M. mastersi by Chilton 

 (1916, lacking figures) caused some confusion to Schellenberg (1938a) 

 for he reported that M. othonides and M. mastersi differed by the 

 produced first coxa of M. othonides as contrasted with the rounded 



Figure \6.— Maera hamigera Haswell, female, 4.3 mm., Reish sta. E-40: a, lateral view; 

 b, c, pereopods 1, 3; J, gnathopod 1; e, f, left and right second gnathopods; g, uropod 

 3; h, telson; aberrant specimen, 2.5 mm.: i, gnathopod 2; male, 5 mm.:;, k, gnathopods 

 1, 2; female: /, m, second gnathopods; female, 6 mm., Reish sta. E-163: n, gnathopod 2. 



