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of the chela is finely and nonuniformly denticulate; the 6th segment is 

 shorter than the 5th; the base of the claw protrudes sharply anteriorly; 

 the posterior margin of the 2nd-4th segments and anterior margin of the 

 5th-6th bear solitary spiniform setae; the claw is about 1/6 the length 

 of the 6th segment. The 2nd segment of pereopods III-FV is distally 

 243 broadened and its length twice its width; the anterior margin is straight 

 and the posterior distally convex with solitary setae; the 5th segment is 

 slighdy embedded in the distal part of the 4th segment, broadened in 

 the middle, especially in pereopods III, its posterior margin denticulate, 

 and its length exceeding that of the 4th segment; the 6th segment is the 

 same length as the 5th, narrow, slighdy curved, denticulate posteriorly, 

 and 4-5 times longer than wide; the claw is longer than half the 6th 

 segment. The 2nd segment of pereopods V is 1.5 times longer than 

 wide, its anterior margin proximally concave, distally convex and armed 

 with spinules, its posterior margin almost straight; the 2nd, 4th, and 5th 

 segments are equal in length but the 4th-5th segments twice narrower 

 than the 2nd, three times longer than wide, their anterior margin finely 

 denticulate and with solitary spinules; the 6th segment is equal in length 

 to the 4th-5th segments together, slightly curved, 12-15 times longer than 

 wide, with a finely serrated anterior margin; the claw is thin and 1/8 the 

 length of the 6th segment. Pereopods VI are stronger than pereopods V; 

 the 2nd segment is S-shaped, twice longer than wide, with spinules on 

 its anterior margin; the 4th segment is shorter than that of pereopods 

 V, broadens distally, and is twice longer than wide; the 5th segment 

 is longer than the 4th, almost the same length as the 4th segment of 

 pereopods V but somewhat broader; the anterior margin of the 4th-5th 

 segments is finely serrate, with uniformly located spines; the 6th segment 

 and the claw have the same proportions as in pereopods V. Pereopods VII 

 have a characteristically shaped 2nd segment: the proximal part is highly 

 broadened and projects backward as the round lobe, and the maximum 

 segmental width is 2/3 its length; the distal part is twice constricted in 

 such a way that the posterior margin is distally concave and projects 

 downward, extending to 1/3 of the 4th segment; the anterior margin 

 distally bears strong short spines. All the remaining segments together 

 are shorter than the 2nd segment; the 6th and 7th segments are the largest 

 and equal in length and the 7th segment is finger-shaped. 



The pleon is slightly shorter than the pereon. The urosome without 

 the telson is equal in length to somite III of the pleon. The geminate 

 urosomite is slightly longer than urosomite I, lateral notches divide it 

 into a short II and thrice longer urosomite III, and the posterior lateral 

 angles project abruptly along the sides of the telson. The basipodite of 

 uropods I is broadened distally is twice longer than its maximum width, 

 bears large contiguous denticles along the outer margin and one small 



