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lower margin without teeth, and the telson which is not much 

 longer than wide at the base and cleft for one-third of its 

 length with the ends of the divisions rounded. 



Genus Aucklandia, nov. 



Antenna 1 shorter than antenna 2, with short accessory 

 flagellum. 



Gnathopods dissimilar. 

 Otherwise as Parammra. 



Aucklandia enderbyi, sp. n. (PI. V. figs. 3, 4.) 



Enderby I., 19/3/04. One female with ova; length 

 10 mm. 



Head without rostrum. Ocular lobe rounded. Byes large, 

 dark, long-reniform. Pleon-segment 3 : postero-lateral angle 

 obtuse, hind and lower margins straight. 



Antenna 1 : flagellum long and slender, the first joint as 

 long as the next three, the following joints increasing in 

 length successively ; accessory appendage one-jointed, half 

 as long as the first joint of the flagellum, subcorneal, with two 

 long terminal setee. 



Antenna 2 : peduncle considerably longer than that of 

 antenna 1, second and third joints subequal ; flagellum more 

 slender than in antenna 1. 



Gnathopod 1 : side-plate oblong, rounded below, width 

 two-thirds of length, rather concave in front. Limb robust, 

 second joint about as long as fifth and sixth united and as 

 wide as the fifth ; fourth prominent, with convex hind margin ; 

 wrist rather longer than the hand, with setiferous ridges on 

 the hind margin ; hand widening abruptly below the palm, 

 whicli is rectangularly transverse and defined by a spinous 

 prominence, outside of which is a scabrous border extending 

 some distance down the hind margin. Finger short, barely 

 reaching the prominence. 



Gnathopod 2 : more than one-third longer than gnath. 1 ; 

 second joint subequal to the next three and as wide as the 

 fifth ; this is subequal to the hand in length and width ; 

 hand narrow-oblong, more than twice as long as wide, with 

 fascicles of pectinate setae on the hind margin ; palm obliquely 

 transverse, defined as in gnath. 1, but the prominence smaller. 

 Finger as in gnath. 1. 



Perseopod 2 : side-plate almost as wide as deep ; about 

 half of the hind margin excavate ; second joint narrow. 



Perseopods 3-5 : second joints wide-oval, obscurely serrate 

 behind. 



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