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smooth; the distal denticles on the 6th segment are large and project along 

 the sides of the claw; the claw is half the length of the 6th segment. The 

 2nd segment of pereopods II is slightly longer than the remaining part of 

 the leg, its posterior margin coarsely denticulate and slightly broadened 

 distally; the 5th segment is elongated, the anterior margin convex and 

 carinate; the width of the chelate process is more than half the maximum 

 width of the segment, but the apex extends beyond the middle of the 

 claw; the 6th segment is longer than the 5th, its anterior keels smooth 

 or weakly denticulate and terminating in denticles along the sides of the 

 claw, its posterior margin straight and denticulate; the chelate process 

 somewhat more massive than 6th the segment; the claw is barely curved 

 and about 1/3 the length of the 6th segment. Pereopods III-IV are long 

 and narrow. The 2nd segment of pereopods III is the same length as 

 the whole of pereopods II, slightly curved forward, its posterior margin 

 distally denticulate; the 4th and 5th segments are the same size and 

 together equal to the 2nd in length; the 6th segment is the same length 

 as the preceding segments but narrower and with three sharp keels; the 

 posterior margin of all three segments is denticulate, while the distal part 

 of the 4th, the proximal part of the 6th, and the entire 5th segment bear 

 transverse rows of resilient setae. Pereopods III extend only to the middle 

 of the 5th segment of pereopods IV. The 2nd segment of pereopods IV 

 is narrow and equal to the total length of the 2nd^th segments of the 

 preceding pereopods; ornamentation is the same as in pereopods III but 

 the transverse rows of setae are more strongly developed on the 6th 

 segment and, on the 5th segment, only in the distal part. Pereopods V 

 are longer and more massive than the remaining ones; the 2nd segment 

 is twice broader and 1.5 times longer than in pereopods IV, the distal 

 part of the anterior margin bears low denticles, with the last denticle 

 broad and overhanging the 3rd segment but not extending to its end; 

 the 4th segment is half the 2nd in length while the 5th segment is 1.5 

 times longer than the 4th; both these segments bear denticles anteriorly; 

 the 6th segment is narrow and somewhat longer than the 5th and curves 

 forward evenly; the claw is small. Pereopods VI are shorter than V by 

 approximately half the length of the 6th segment. Pereopods VII are 

 almost half the length of the preceding pereopods; the 2nd segment is 

 linear or slightly convex posteriorly, its margins weakly denticulate; it is 

 somewhat longer than the 4th and 5th segments together; both segments 

 are anteriorly denticulate, the 5th also bearing a fascicle of setae in its 

 distal part; the 6th segment is narrow at the base and distally clavate; the 

 medial surface of the 5th-6th segments bears transverse rows of setae. 

 The "egg forceps" is formed by the anterior bulge of the distal margin of 

 the 6th segment and the uncinate claw, attached to the raised posterior 

 distal part of the segment; its base is inclined forward and an almost 



