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DescripTion.—Eye small, cornea bilobed, broader than stalk and 
set obliquely on it; ocular scales rounded laterally, separated by median 
indentation; rostral plate as long as broad, narrowed anteriorly, apex 
truncate, with median carina on anterior half; carapace narrowed 
anteriorly, anterior width slightly less than one-half median length; 
anterolateral spines of carapace strong but not extending to base 
of rostral plate, each spine with a rounded ventral lobe; median 
carina of carapace lacking anterior bifurcation, intermediate carinae 
Figure 14.—Cloridopsis scorpio (Latreille), female, TL 72 mm, off Karachi: a, anterior 
portion of carapace and rostral plate; b, eye; c, propodus and dactylus of raptorial claw; 
d, lateral process of fifth thoracic somite; ¢, last abdominal somite, telson, and uropod 
(setae omitted). Cloridopsis immaculata (Kemp), female, CL 16.5 mm, off Karachi: 
f, rostral plate; g, lateral process of fifth thoracic somite. 
present, poorly marked, not extending to anterior margin of lateral 
plates; dactylus of raptorial claw with 5 teeth, outer margin of 
dactylus sinuous, with shallow proximal notch; dorsal ridge of carpus 
undivided; mandibular palp absent; 2 epipods present; lateral process 
of fifth to seventh thoracic somites each composed of a single lobe, that 
of fifth somite broad, produced into an anteriorly directed spine; 
lateral processes of next 2 somites triangular, rounded posterolaterally ; 
last 3 thoracic somites with submedian and intermediate carinae, 
