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121 



Fig. 51. Mimonectes diomedeae (Woltereck), male (after Vinogradov, 1957). 



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over the claw, broad, basally petaloid; the 5th segment of pereopods I is 

 1.3-1.5 times longer than the 6th segment. 



Notes: This species is close to M. gaussi — a fact pointed out by 

 its author, Woltereck. Later, Shoemaker on this basis included it in the 

 synonymy of M. gaussi. However, an examination of the new material 

 showed that M. diomedeae has several distinctive features, enabling a 

 clear separation of the two species. 



Distribution: Warm- water regions of the Pacific and Indian oceans. 

 In the Pacific Ocean it is found in the north-western part (39°58' N, 

 164°55' E), among the Hawaiian Islands (20°21' N, 173°24' W), and 

 off the coast of Peru (11°59' S, 83°40' W). In the Indian Ocean it is 

 found at the eastern coast of Madagascar (16°07' S, 53° 39' E). 



VI. Family PROSCINroAE Pirlot, 1933 



The body of both males and females is slender; the pereon is not bulged 

 spherically in females but broadened and slightly flattened dorsoventrally 



