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Uropods I are the largest; the basipodite reaches the base of the tel- 

 son and its anterior margin is denticulate; the rami are lanceolate; the 

 exopodite is longer than the endopodite but shorter than the basipodite. 

 The endopodite of uropods II is fused with the basipodite and its mar- 

 gins denticulate; the exopodite is slightly larger than the endopodite but 

 much narrower than it and has a smooth anterior margin. In uropods III 

 the basipodite is short and fused with the endopodite, which has finely 

 denticulate margins, a rounded tip, and extends slightly beyond the tip of 

 the telson; the exopodite is shorter and narrow. The telson is triangular, 

 with a rounded tip, its length more than the width at the base and equal 

 to the length of the last urosomite. 



Distribution: Known from the Atlantic (south of 59° N), Indian 

 (eastern part), and Pacific (region of Australia and New Zealand) oceans, 

 and the Mediterranean Sea. 



XVIL Family ANAPRONOIDAE Bowman and Gruner, 1973 



The body is slightly thickened and not compressed laterally. The head is 

 roundish and the large eyes occupy almost all of its surface. Antennae I 

 and II are weakly developed in both sexes, their flagellum short and 

 few-segmented. The mandibles in both sexes lack a palp. Maxillae I and 



II are relatively well developed. 



The coxal plates are free. The 2nd segment of pereopods I and II is 

 strongly broadened. Pereopods I have a subchela while pereopods II have 

 a chela. Pereopods V are longer than pereopods VI. The 2nd segment of 

 pereopods V and VI is broadened but not operculiform. Pereopods VII 

 have a full complement of segments. The endopodites of uropods II and 



III are not fused with the basipodites nor the telson with the last urosomite. 



The genus Anapronoe has been included by all authors in the family 

 Pronoidae. However, Bowman and Gruner (1973) noted differences from 

 the other genera of this family, the most significant being the absence of 

 a mandibular palp in both sexes and a full complement of segments in 

 pereopods VII. On this basis they included the genus Anapronoe under 

 a separate family. 



1. Genus Anapronoe Stephensen, 1925 



Stephensen, 1925a: 163; Spandl, 1927: 217; Bowman and Gruner, 

 1973: 45. 



The 2nd segment of pereopods I and II is broad, distally broadened, 



and not longer than the rest of the segments together. Pereopods V are 



the longest, the 3rd segment articulated apically with the distal margin 



380 of the 2nd, and the width of the 4th and 5th segments more than their 



length. The distal segments of pereopods VI are articulated with the 



