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Valettiopsis Holmes 



Valettiopsis Holmes, 1908. 



Type-species: V. dentatus Holmes, 1908 (original designation). 



Apparently upper lip and epistome not prominent; mandibular 

 molar ridged, primary cutting edge of mandible toothed, palp attached 

 level mth molar; inner edge of inner plate of maxilla 1 densely setose; 

 coxa 2 rectangular and elongate, almost covering coxa 1 completely, 

 latter short, suhtriangular (Valettia); gnathopod 1 subchelate; telson 

 of medium length, deeply cleft. Species: 3, Atlantic-Pacific, 

 bathyal-abyssal. 



Vijaya Walker 



Vijaya Walker, 1904. — ^Gurjanova, 1962. 



Type-species: V. tenuipes Walker, 1904 (monotypy). 



[Epistome and upper lip unknown]; mandibular molar presumably 

 feeble, palp attached ?level with molar; maxilla 1 presumably lacking 

 palp; gnathopod 1 simple, article 6 longer than 5, article 3 slightly 

 elongate; coxa 1 presumably partly hidden, following coxae increas- 

 ingly larger; inner ramus of uropod 2 possibly constricted; telson of 

 medium length, cleft one third ; article 2 of antenna 1 half as long as 

 article 1 (Bathyamaryllis) ; anteroventral corner of coxa ^ acutely pro- 

 duced (Amaryllis). Species: 1, Ceylon, Uttoral. 



Waldeckia Chevreux 



Ephippiphora White, 1847b (homonym, Lepidoptera) . 

 Charcotia Chevreux, 1905b (homonym, Mollusca). 

 Waldeckia Chevreux, 1906b (new name). 



Type-species: Charcotia obesa Chevreux, 1905b (monotypy). 



Epistome broadly rounded and shghtly produced in front of upper 

 lip, both together prominent; mandibular molar subcorneal, smooth, 

 palp attached proximal to molar; gnathopod 1 simple, article 6 longer 

 than 5; telson long, deeply cleft; gills unplaited hut with accessory 

 lobes {Menigrates) . Species: 2, antiboreal, antarctic, littoral. See 

 Socarnes. 



Melphidippidae 



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Diagnosis.- — Accessory flagellum vestigial or multiarticulate ; pe- 

 duncle of uropod 3 greatly elongate, as long as or longer than rami of 

 uropods 1-2, and more than twice as long as telson and peduncle of 



