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[II.—SYSTEMATIC NOTES AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES. 
1. Squilla brasiliensis, n. sp. Figs. 1-3. 19/7.3.J. /- 
Occurrence. —Station 42 (near Cape Frio, Brazil). Bottom fauna, 40 fathoms. 
Three females (including liolotype), four males. 
Description. —Total length (liolotype), about 106 mm. Length of carapace 
(excluding rostrum), 24 mm. 
Dorsal surface between the carinae 
faintly rugose and polished. Breadth of 
carapace behind antero-latera] teeth 
about one-half of its length. Anterior 
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margin on either side of rostral plate 
straight and sloping backward, so that 
the tips of the small antero-lateral 
teeth falJ well behind the level of the 
frontal edge. Lateral margin angled 
o O o 
posteriorly. 
All carinae of carapace well 
marked. Median carina forked in front 
and behind, the posterior fork hardly 
visible in front of cervical groove. 
Dorsal pit equidistant from frontal 
margin and cervical groove; anterior 
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fork of median carina extending not 
more than halfway from frontal margin 
to dorsal pit. 
Rostral plate fully as long as it 
is broad at the base, sides converging 
to a rounded tip, which just reaches 
or slightly overlaps the hinder edge 
of the ocular somite: median carina 
indistinct. 
Anterior lobe of ocular somite 
rounded, with a slight median emargin- 
atiou. Eyes with corneal axis longer 
obliquely. 
Pig. 1. — Squilla brasiliensis, n. sp. Female (liolotype). 
Anterior portion of body from above. X If. 
by one-fourth than peduncular axis, set 
Dorsal processes of antennular somite with spiniform points, directed forwards. 
Antennular peduncle equal to, or slightly longer than, the carapace. 
Third segment of mandibular palp little longer than the second. 
Raptorial limb without a tooth on proximal segment; carpus with anterior 
ridge divided into two, rarely three, teeth ; propoclus more than three times as long 
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