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carina and arms of bifurcation distinct anterior and posterior to 
smooth interrupted portion; intermediate carinae of carapace not 
extending to anterior margin; anterolateral spines of carapace strong 
but not extending to base of rostral plate; dactylus of raptorial claw 
with 6 teeth, outer margin sinuous; dorsal ridge of carpus of claw with 
2 tubercles; inferodistal angle of merus of claw with broad, blunt spine; 
Ficure 16.—Oratosquilla interrupta (Kemp), male, TL 95 mm, off Karachi: a, outline of 
anterior portion of carapace and rostral plate; b, lateral processes of fifth, sixth, and 
seventh thoracic somites. Male, TL 98 mm, off Karachi: c, outline of basal prolongation 
of uropod; d, petasma. 
mandibular palp present; 4 epipods present; last 3 thoracic somites 
with submedian and intermediate carinae, none armed; anterior lobe 
of lateral process of fifth thoracic somite an anteriorly directed spine, 
posterior lobe slender, acute, directed laterally; lateral processes of 
next 2 somites bilobed, anterior lobe smaller than triangular posterior 
lobe on both somites, anterior lobe of process of sixth somite slenderer 
