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Type-locality.— Station 7230, 27°52'25'' N, 115°44'30'' W, 2667- 

 2706, m, Dec. 31, 1960. 



Material.— Stations 7220 (1), 7230 (2), 7358 (3). 

 Relationship. — This species is closely related to L. chrysothenas 

 Stebbing (1908) but differs principally by the poorly bifid first coxa. 



Figure 15. — Lepechinella ardica iurpis, new subspecies, holotype, male, 5.4 mm, 7230: 

 a,b, maxillae 1,2; c, labrum; d, articles 5-7 of gnathopod 2; e, mandible; /, lower lip 

 (broken); g, maxilliped; h, gnathopod 1. Juvenile, 4.6 mm, 7229: ij, coxae 1,2; k, articles 

 5-7 of gnathopod 2; I, dorsal processes of head and body, lower end representing head. 



