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General characters 
ridge present 
present 
Postr. mesobranch. 
Cardiac ridge 
— 
++ 
+++ 
+++ +4 
Well-carinated 
— 
+++ +4 
spines on outside 
chelae 
4th A.L. tooth just 
Fewer large size 
Uniform size large 
+ + 
— 
+ + 
| 
wtt ++ 
+++ +4 
spines on inside 
+++ ++ 
Pleopod 
characters 
ing short distance 
Inner spines extend- 
backward 
+++ ++ 
Specimen data 
Makasson I., 1909, 
Alb (see fig. 20h) 
Gt. Tobea I., 
Dec. 15, 1909, 
Alb., 18 mm. 
Guam, 1945 
Samoa, June 27, 
1902, 23 mm. 
(see fig. 20d) 
Samoa, Aug. 
1902, 17 mm. 
(see fig. 20g) 
Gt. Tobea I., 
Dec. 15, 1909, 
Alb., 31 mm. 
Gt. Tobea I., 
Dec. 15, 1909, 
Alb., 27 mm. 
August 1948, 21 
mm. (see fig. 
20b) 
Society Is., 1945 
Samoa, June 27, 
1902, 21 mm. 
(see fig. 20c) 
1913, 20 mm. 
1913, 18 mm. 
1929, Fiji 
Tomil Hbr., 1952 
Bikini, 1947 
Summary 
admete pleopod 
characters 
midway 
All characters 
admete 
TaBLE 2.—Variability in armature of male pleopods in Thalamita dakini 
Locality 
Waikiki Marine Lab. (Mar. 28, 1942) 
Locality as above (Apr. 24, 1942) 
Sta. 62-57, Bora Bora (9 mm.) 
Howland I. 
Society Is. 
Sta. 62-57, Bora Bora (12 mm.) 
Inner terminal spinules 
largest 
middle-sized 
smallest 
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General characters 
Outer bristles 
WwWwwwhd - w w 
