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Fig. 82. Scina similis Stebbing (after Wagler, 1926). 



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of the 5th segment; the claw is long and slightly curved. Pereopods VI 

 are noticeably shorter than pereopods V; the 4th segment is considerably 

 shorter than the 2nd; the 5th segment is somewhat shorter than the 4th^; 

 the thin 6th segment is longer than the 5th and roughly equal to the 4th 

 segment; the claw is long and slightly curved. Pereopods VII are roughly 

 half the length of pereopods VI; the 4th, 5th, and 6th segments are almost 

 equal in length and all of them together are slightly longer than the 2nd 

 segment; the claw is long and slightly curved, without a broadened base. 

 Occasionally we came across specimens with claws shorter than illus- 

 trated in the Figure but still longer than in S. nana described below. The 

 uropods are the same as in S. tullbergi. 



Distribution: A tropical species known from the tropical (28° N, 

 14° W) and equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean 

 Sea, and from the tropical regions of the Indian Ocean (up to 30° S). 

 It has not been reported from the Pacific Ocean. It is found in catches 

 from depths of 0-25, 25-100, 100-200, and 200-500 m. 



' Sometimes much shorter, as is characteristic of the species 5. nana described l)elow. 



