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merit throughout length of body; rapto- 
rial dactylus with 9 or 10 teeth on inner 
margin; telson with low, rounded, me- 
dian Carina .... Lysiosquilla maculata 
HH. No alternating bands of light and dark 
pigment throughout length of body; 
raptorial dactylus with 4 teeth on inner 
margin; telson closely studded with 
large tubercles in definite patterns ..... 
Coronida sinuosa 
I. Dactylus of raptorial claw with 9 teeth 
on inner margin; telson with ordinary 
longitudinal carinae; rostrum with even- 
ly convex anterior border and evenly 
rounded angles; eyes large, breadth of 
cornea about equal to 0.5 the length of 
the carapace; preserved specimens yel- 
lowish white or pink. 
Odontodactylus hanseni 
II. Dactylus of raptorial claw without teeth 
on inner margin; telson with concentric 
rings of flesh-tipped spines; rostrum 
trispinous; eyes small, breadth of cornea 
about equal to 0.125 the length of the 
carapace; preserved specimens mottled 
red or reddish brown. 
Gonodactylus guerini 
Squilla oratoria de Haan 
Figs. 2, 'ia-k 
Squilla oratoria de Haan, 1844: pi. 51, fig. 2 
[figures only]; 1849: 223 [description]. 
Squilla ajjinis Berthold, 1845 : 26, pL 3, figs. 1-2. 
Squilla nepa Miers, 1880: 25. 
Chloridella ajjinis de Man, 1907 : 439- 
description: Carapace considerably nar- 
rower anteriorly than posteriorly; nearly twice 
as long (including rostrum) as greatest breadth 
anteriorly; conspicuous gastric and cervical 
grooves, the latter continuous across mid- 
dorsal region; seven distinct, longitudinal ca- 
rinae, median bifurcated anteriorly for about 
0.25 the distance to cervical groove, inter- 
mediate extending nearly entire length of ca- 
rapace, marginal produced anteriorly into sharp 
spine and posteriorly rounded and reflexed 
toward gastric grooves. Rostrum longer than 
wide, subquadrate, with small median spine, 
lateral margins convergent anteriorly, not 
covering ophthalmic somite. Eyes large; cor- 
nea bilobed, set transversely on stalk; anterior 
margin of ophthalmic somite slightly truncate 
between base of eyestalks (Fig. '^d), Merus 
of raptorial claw articulating terminally with 
ischium, ventral surface longitudinally 
grooved throughout its length for reception 
of propodus; propodus finely pectinate along 
upper margin and with four sharp movable 
spines; dactylus not inflated at base, with six 
long, sharp teeth on inner margin. Propodus 
of first, third, and fourth thoracic appendages 
nearly circular, that of fifth subcircular, being 
slightly longer than wide (Fig. 3/, h, i). 
Mandibular palp of three segments (Fig. 3^, 
c). Free thoracic and abdominal somites dor- 
soventrally flattened, all possessing longitu- 
dinal carinae (first five abdominal somites 
Fig, 2. Squilla oratoria de Haan (male). 
