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is longer than the 5th but relatively shorter than the 6th segment of 

 pairs III and IV; the claw is straight. 



The rami of uropods I are approximately equal in length. The 

 basipodite of uropods II is slightly longer than the endopodite, which 

 is shorter than the exopodite. The basipodite of uropods III is broad, 

 linear, and somewhat longer than the endopodite, which is equal to the 

 exopodite in length. The elongated-triangular telson is half the length of 

 the basipodite of uropods III. 



Distribution: Found in the tropical Atlantic, from 20° to 35° N 

 (Casablanca region) and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a surfacial species. 



Absent in our collections. 



6. Hyperoche capucinus Barnard, 1930 (Fig. 147) 



Barnard, 1930: 416. — luetkenides (non Walker, 1906); Monod, 

 1926: 49. 



Sexually mature male 14 mm in length. 



The 3rd segment of the mandibular palp is shorter than the 1st and 

 2nd segments together. The flagellum of antennae I and II in the sexually 

 mature male consists of 23-24 segments. 



In pereopos I and II the 2nd segment has minute denticles and setae 

 along the anterior margin; the 4th segment has a posterior distal angle 

 that stretches into a narrow triangular lobe; the anterior margin of the 

 4th-6th segments is armed with minute setae and the anterior distal angle 

 of the 6th segment is stretched into a cusp about 1/4 the claw in length. 

 In pereopods III and IV the 2nd segment has a slightly denticulate ante- 

 rior margin; the 5th segment is longer than the 4th (more so than in H. 

 medusarum) and its posterior margin is armed with strong setae; the 6th 

 segment bears minute setae along the posterior margin. In pereopods V 

 and VI the 2nd-6th segments bear minute setae along the anterior margin 







Fig. 147. Hyperoche capucinus Barnard, male (after Barnard, 1930). 



