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Nippochelura J. L. Barnard 



Nippochelura J. L. Barnard, 1959c. 



Type-species: Chelura brevicauda Shiino, 1948 (original designa- 

 tion), 1957. 



Supra-antennal line absent, anterodorsal part of head supporting 

 a large process; gnathopods small; uropod 2 lacking rami; uropod 3 

 lacking inner ramus. Species: 1, Japan, littoral, bores wood. 



Figure 74. — Cheluridae: Chelura terebrans Philippi (Sars, 1895, pi. 225) : a, lateral; b, upper 

 lip; c, mandible; d, lower lip; ej, maxillae 2, 1; g, maxilliped; h,i, gnathopods 1, 2; j,k,l, 

 uropods 1, 2, 3; m, telson. Tropichelura insulae (Caiman) (J. L. Barnard, 1959c): n, male 

 gnathopod 1. Nippochelura brevicauda (Shiino) (J. L. Barnard, 1959c): o, uropod 2. 



