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Fig. 8. Lanceola felina Bovallius, sexually immature specimen 

 (after Vinogradov, 1960a) 



slightly broadened 5th segment of pereopods I, proposed that L. felina 

 Bovallius should be included under the genus Megalanceola. However, 

 an examination of the structure of the mandibles of this species revealed 

 that Pirlot's assumptions are not reliable and that L. felina undoubtedly 

 belongs to the genus Lanceola. 



This species is close to L. sayana and L intermedia. It differs from 

 them primarily in the shape of the distal segments of the flagellum of 

 antennae I, still shorter rostrum and pereopods VI, which are shorter than 

 in L. sayana but longer than in L. intermedia. 



Distribution: A circumtropical species. In the Pacific and Indian 

 oceans confined to the warmest waters between 28° N and 30° S, but in 

 the Atlantic Ocean distributed quite extensively from Tristan de Cuhna 

 Island in the south to 46° N. It inhabits surface waters and has never 

 been reported in deep catches. 



Among the Lanceolidae, the above three species are regularly found 

 at the surface. This is evidently due to the fact that, compared to other 



