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Fig. 2. Me galas ma ( Megalasma ) elegans Newman, sp. nov. Figs. A, B, E—l, Holotype UCMP 37860 (peduncle 
not figured). Figs. C, D, Interior aspect of disarticulated valves of a paratype. Fig. C—l, Tergum. Fig. C-2, 
Scutum. Fig. C-3, Carina. Fig. D, Carina. Fig. E, Labrum and palps (left palp aberrant). Fig. F, Mandible. 
Fig. G, First maxilla. Fig. H, Eighth article of outer ramus of cirrus VI. Fig. 1, Pedicle and proximal articles 
of cirrus VI, and caudal appendage. (Figs. A-D same scale, E—G same scale, H, 1 same scale.) 
and fine closely spaced scales on raised postero- 
lateral surfaces; despite the long, delicate and 
ctenopod nature of the cirri, apparently adapted 
to capture small particles or prey, the rami are 
made up of relatively few articles; counts for a 
single ovigerous specimen (holotype UCMP 
37860) given below: 
Cirrus : I 
II 
III 
IV 
V 
VI 
Outer ramus: 10 
13 
16 
16 
17 
14 
Inner ramus: 10 
12 
15 
18 
16 
14 
Caudal appendage (Fig. 21 ) short, support- 
ing approximately four plumose spines and 
occasionally one or two small spinules. Penis 
(not figured) relatively small, slender and in- 
