COPEPODA FROM IFALUK ATOLL 



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Figure 98. — Metis holothuriae (Edwards), loc. 592, ad. cf : a, whole animal, lateral view 

 from left side; b, same animal, dorsal view, (a, X 275; b, X 165.) 



length and have spinules bordering their distal edges; such spinules 

 also occur along the line of fusion on the genital somite. Insertion of 

 furca on anal somite also fringed with spinules. Anal plate broadly 

 rounded. 



Furcal rami widely separated, as long as wide, with 5 marginal setae 

 and 1 appendicular seta. Seta 1 and appendicular seta fme, setae 4 

 and 5 small, spiniform. Setae 2 and 3 lengthened and thickened, 



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