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Fig. 234. Rhabdosoma minor Page (Us — after Fage, 1960). 



base than the remaining part of the distal margin of the segment and 

 extends beyond the base of the claw, the apical denticle is slightly bent, 

 and the margins of the process finely and unevenly denticulate; the 6th 

 segment is anteriorly bulged and posteriorly straight, its length slightly 

 Hiore than its width, and has a roundish, slightly denticulate lobe in the 

 posterior distal angle at the base of the claw; the claw is longer than half 

 the 6th segment, slightly curved, and with a denticle in the middle of the 

 posterior margin. The 2nd segment of pereopods II is equal to the total 

 length of the 3rd-5th segments, its anterior margin is almost straight and 

 the posterior slightly bulged; in the 5th segment the maximum width is 

 equal to or very slightly less than its length (along the posterior margin), 

 the pointed distal process longer than the segment itself, extending to the 

 middle of the claw, and its width at the base equal to or very slightly 

 less than the remaining part of the distal margin of the segment; the 6th 

 segment is approximately equal to the 5th (without the process) in length, 

 twice longer than wide, with a barely bulged anterior and almost straight 

 posterior margin, the latter finely and unevenly denticulate, forming a 

 roundish, slightly denticulate lobe at the base of the claw; the claw is 

 barely curved and has a small denticle in the middle of the posterior 

 margin, and is about 3/4 the length of the 6th segment. The 2nd seg- 

 ment of pereopods III is equal to the 4th in length, its length 3-5 times its 

 width, and slightly curved; the 4th segment is somewhat broader than the 



