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distal segments together; the width of each of these segments is sUghtly 

 more than their length, Antennae II are longer than antennae I, the ter- 

 minal segment of the flagellum oval-lanceolate, longer than the entire 

 proximal part of the antenna. 



The mandibles have a broad cutting edge and a weakly armed palp; 

 the rod-shaped 2nd segment is more than twice longer than the narrow 

 conical and slightly curved 3rd segment. 



Pereopods I and II are the same as in L. sayana. The maximum 

 width of the 5th segment of pereopods I is roughly equal to its length; the 

 width of the base of the 6th segment is only slightly less than the width of 

 the distal margin of the 5th segment. The 6th segment of pereopods II is 

 narrowly conical and slightly curved; the 5th and 6th segments are almost 

 equal in length and together shorter than the 2nd. The 2nd segment 

 61 of pereopods I and II is slightly broadened. Pereopods III and IV are 

 identical in structure and the length ratios of their segments the same 

 as in L. sayana. The 2nd segment is slightly broadened distally and 

 equal in length to the 4th and 5 th segments together. The 4th segment 

 is slightly shorter than the 5th, which in turn is shorter than the 6th. 

 The 4th segment slightly broadens distally while the 5th and 6th narrow 

 distally; the claws are strong and almost straight. Pereopods V-VII ate 

 strong, with broad, stout segments, provided with longitudinal ridges. The 

 main distinguishing feature is the very weakly developed spoon-shaped 

 formation on the distal end of the 6th segment; the claws on pereopods 

 V-VII are strong, almost straight, and nonretractile. Pereopods V are 

 longer than FV but the length ratios of their segments similar: the 4th 

 segment is somewhat shorter than the 5th, which in turn is slightly shorter 

 than the 6th. Pereopods VI are longer than V, their 2nd segment 2/3 the 

 length of the 4th and 5th together and nearly equal to the 6th segment; 

 the 4th and 5th segments are equal in length. Pereopods VII are shorter, 

 their 2nd segment equal in length to the 4th and 5th together, the 4th 

 being 2/3 the length of the 5th, which in turn is slightly shorter than the 

 6th segment. 



The uropods are broad, with short, broadly lanceolate (especially 

 uropods III) rami. The telson is 3/4-4/5 the length of the basipodite of 

 uropods III. 



Distribution: Known from two specimens collected from the Kuril- 

 kamchatka region of the Pacific Ocean in catches from 0^,000 and 

 0-5,850 m depth. 



6. Lanceola loveni Bovallius, 1885 



Bovallius, 1885b: 6,l«87b: 36; Shoemaker, 1945a: 206; Vinogradov, 

 1957: 190, 1960a: 205.-^estiva Stebbing, 1888: 1309 (part.); 

 Stephensen, 1918: 15; Hurley, 1956: 4. 



Length of sexually mature individuals varies from 15 to 29 mm. 



