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There are no teeth on' ischium, merus or carpus. The merus is 

 nearly twice the length of the ischium and is equal to or a little 

 longer than the palm. The carpus is short and conical, about 1*5 

 times as long as wide, with a deep notch on the inner side of the 

 distal margin. The chela is large and in adults is about 5 times as 

 long as broad. The fingers are at least two- thirds the length of the 

 palm and have incurved tips and a cutting edge extending through- 

 out their length. In adult males there are teeth in the proximal 



Text-fig. 41. — Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Schenkel). 



a. First peraeopod. b. Second peraeopod. 1 



c. Third peraeopod. 



third of the opposed margins, two on the dactylus and three or 

 four on the fixed finger. These teeth are absent or inconspicuous 

 in females. 



The last three peraeopods (text-fig. 41c) are similar, the third 

 reaching to or a little beyond the apex of the antennal scale. All 

 are comparatively stout, with some setae but no spinules on the 

 propodus ; the latter segment is from 45 to 5 times as long as the 

 dactylus. The dactylus itself is simple, broad at the base and 

 curved. 



i.ess magnified than the other figures. 



