467 



378 



Fig. 203. Paralycaea gracilis Claus, male. 



Pereopods I and II are identical in structure, simple, their segments 

 not broadened and without distal processes, and the claws are long and 

 thickened at the base. The 2nd segment of pereopods V is broad, its 

 length 2-2.5 times its width; the 4th-6th segments are straight, the 6th 

 the longest and thin. The 2nd segment of pereopods VI has an almost 

 straight anterior margin, a bulged posterior margin, and a rounded distal 

 margin; the distal segments together are less than 2/3 the length of the 

 2nd segment and are articulated with it subapically; the 4th segment is the 

 longest and has a distal process reaching the middle of the 5th segment; 

 the 4th and 5th segments have a denticulate anterior margin; the 6th 

 segment is narrow and short; the claw is Very small. Pereopods VII have 

 a slightly broadened 2nd segment and usually one to two rudimentary 

 distal segments; however, specimens may be encountered with a full 

 complement of segments. 



