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pereopods I is equal in length to the rest of the leg; the process of the 

 5th segment is large, denticulate, and extends almost to the base of the 

 claw; the 6th segment is 1.5-2 times longer than wide; the margins of 

 both the 5th and 6th segments are carinate and denticulate; the claw is 

 more than 1/3 the length of the 6th segment. The 2nd segment of pere- 

 opods II is slightly longer than the other segments together, narrow, with 

 three-four denticles on the carinate posterior margin, a denticulate ante- 

 rior lateral keel, and smooth anteromedial margin (keels of pereopods I-II 

 in C. fabricii more weakly developed than in C. pellucida); the length of 

 the basal part of the 5th segment is more than the maximum width but 

 less than the length of the chelate process extending beyond the base of 

 the claw; the 6th segment is narrow, with convex anterior and straight 

 denticulate posterior margin; it tapers slightly distally and is four times 

 longer than wide; the anterior keels are denticulate, projecting with the 

 denticles along the sides of the claw. The 2nd-5th segments of pereopods 

 III-IV have a denticulate carinate posterior margin and a smooth anterior 

 margin. The 2nd segment of pereopods III is approximately equal to the 

 length of the 3rd-5th segments together, shorter than in pereopods II, and 

 slightly curved forward; the 4th segment is shorter than the 5th; the 6th 

 segment is narrower than, equal to, or slightly shorter than the 5th, with 

 a weakly denticulate posterior keel; the surface of the 4th-6th segments 

 bears transverse rows of resilient setae which are more highly developed 

 in the distal part of the 5th segment; the claw is small and narrow. The 

 proportions and ornamentation of pereopods IV are approximately the 

 same but the leg itself is large, with the result that pereopods III hardly 

 extend to the end of its 5th segment; the 6th segment in females is about 

 equal to the 5th but in males considerably shorter. Pereopods V-VII have 

 broadened proximal segments, especially in large individuals. Pereopods 

 V constitute about 3/4 the body length of the crustacean; the 2nd seg- 

 ment is approximately six times longer than wide, its anterior margin 

 distally with a sharp lobe extending to the end of the 3rd segment; the 

 5th segment is longer than the 4th but slightly shorter than the 2nd, 

 its anterior margin denticulate and tapering distally; the 6th segment is 

 longer than the 5th, narrow, without ornamentation, and bent forward at 

 the base. Pereopods VI extend to the end of the 5th segment of pere- 

 opods V. The 2nd segment of pereopods VII is broadened proximally, 

 its length in males and large females not more than three times the max- 

 imum width, in females smaller than 70 mm about four times the width; 

 the margins are denticulate and proximally convex, and the width along 

 the distal margin is half the maximum width; the 4th-6th segments are 

 almost equal in size and the anterior margin weakly denticulate; in males 

 the 6th segment is narrow, linear, and without projections and the claw 

 small and barely curved; in females the 6th segment is distally broadened, 



