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uropods I-II is 3.5 times longer than wide. The exopodite of uropods I 

 is slightly longer than the endopodite and very slightly shorter than the 

 basipodite; both rami are narrowly lanceolate with denticulate margins. 

 The tip of the basipodite of uropods II extends beyond the tip of the 

 basipodite of uropods I but does not reach the tip of the last urosomite; 

 the rami are shorter than the basipodite, equal in length, and narrowly 

 lanceolate; the outer margin of the exopodite has sparse appressed denti- 

 cles, while the other margins of the rami are denticulate as in uropods I. 

 The basipodite of uropods III barely reaches 2/3 the length of the telson 

 and its width is 1.5 times its length; the rami are equal in length and 

 five times longer than the basipodite; the exopodite has a pointed tip, an 

 almost straight outer margin, and a finely denticulate inner margin; the 

 endopodite has a rounded tip, smooth margins, and is three times longer 

 than wide.Uropods III are three times longer than the telson. 

 Distribution: Tasman Sea near Lord Howe Island. 



4. Genus Paralycaea Claus, 1879 



Claus, 1879b: 40; 1887: 63; Stebbing, 1888: 1567; Bowman and Gruner, 

 1973: 43. 



378 Pereopods I and II are simple, the 5th segment lacking a distal pro- 

 cess. The 2nd segment of pereopods V is broadened and much shorter 

 than the 3rd-7th segments together; the 4th-6th segments are linear. 

 The 2nd segment of pereopods is much longer than the distal segments 

 together; the 4th segment has a distal process; the 4th and 5th segments 

 have a denticulate anterior margin. The endopodite of uropods II and III 

 is fused with the basipodite. The telson is triangular and fairly large. 



Type species: Paralycaea gracilis Claus, 1879. 



1. Paralycaea gracilis Claus, 1879 (Fig. 203) 



Claus, 1879b: 40; 1887: 63; Bovallius, 1887a: 33; Stebbing, 1888: 

 1568; Stephensen, 1925a: 165; Pirlot, 1930: 30 (newtoniana subsp.); 

 Hurley, 1955: 175. — newroniana Bovallius, 1887a: 33. — /zoy/e/ Stebbing, 

 1888: 1570. 



Length of adult specimens 4-5 mm. 



The head in males is slightly narrowed anteriorly while in females 

 it is smoothly rounded, its length and width approximately equal. The 

 body surface is reticulately sculptured. The 1st segment of the flagellum 

 of antennae I in males is short, its length more than its width, the distal 



379 part rounded and covered with fine hairs; the distal segments of the 

 flagellum are articulated with the 1st segment subapically. Antennae II 

 in males are long, folded zigzag four times with a short basal segment, 

 the anterior margin of which is straight and the posterior margin bulged; 

 are distal segment only 1/4-1/3 shorter than the preceding segment. 



