118 



2. Mimonecteola diomedeae Woltereck, 1909 (Fig. 38) 



Woltereck, 1909: 153; Vinogradov, 1964: 120.— beebei (non 

 Shoemaker, 1945a: 124); Vinogradov, 1960a: 212 (non Vinogradov, 

 1956: 199, 1957: 204). 



Length of sexually mature specimens 10 to 12 mm. 



Pereopods IV: the 6th segment is slightly longer than the 5th and 

 slightly narrows distally; the 5th segment is oblong-oval; the claw is 

 2/9-1/4 the length of the 6th segment. Pereopods V: the 6th segment is 

 equal to the 5th in length and nearly 2/3 of the 2nd segment, narrowly 

 conical, slightly narrowing distally, its distal end broader than the claw 

 base, slightly obtuse and bearing several strong setae; the 5th segment 

 is longer than the 4th; the claw is straight, 2/9-1/3 the length of the 6th 

 segment. Pereopods VI: the 6th segment is insignifically longer than the 

 5th and almost twice longer than the 4th; the 5th segment is oblong-oval; 

 the 7th segment is 1/4 the length of the 6th segment. 



The telson reaches half the length of the basipodite of uropods III 

 but may vary in length somewhat. 



Notes: This species, considered the type species of the genus, was 

 very briefly described and schematically and inaccurately illustrated by 

 Woltereck. Hence, in the description given above, based on a study of the 

 new material from the Indian Ocean, certain details do not correspond 

 with the illustration provided by Woltereck. 



102 Fig. 38. Mimonecteola diomedeae Woltereck, female (after Vinogradov, 1964). 



