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of this limb, and as long as merus and carpus together; terminal dactylar setae 
short, one stouter than the others; carpus, propodus and dactylus patterned with 
transparent circular areas (fig. 47, prp. 1). 
Second peraeopod long and slender; basis not much longer than merus and 
varpus together; ischium suppressed; merus elongate, as long as propodus and 
Bs. loba 

Fig. 47. Dicoides areolata, paratype female; ps. lobe and ant., psendorostral lobe and first 
antenna; mrp, and prp., third maxilliped and first to third peraeopods; urop., uropod with fifth 
and sixth pleon somites, and telson (X 70; distal end of telson, X 240). 
dactylus together; dactylus less than twice length of propodus and with longest 
distal setae as long as the joint, 
Fourth peraeopod shorter than second, and fifth considerably shorter than 
fourth; in the third and fourth pairs the merus is almost as long as carpus, pro- 
podus and dactylus together; exopods of these limbs with peduncle and three- 
jointed flagellum furnished with three setae; the propodal seta and the distal 
carpal setae reach well beyond tip of dactylus. 
