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THE CORAL TRIANGLE: HEARST BIODIVERSITY EXPEDITION 
Figure 15. Conopea minyrostrum, mouth parts of paratype CASIZ 191924. A labrum; B mandible; C maxilla I; D max¬ 
illa II; E mandibular palp. Scale bar = 200pm. 
rami longer than Cl, CII, CIII; inferior margin of both rami covered with long fine setae, superior 
margins with medium to short length setae at segment nodes; inferior margin of anterior rami seg¬ 
ments rounded, protmding, inferior margin of posterior rami slightly convex, both with straight 
superior margins; inferior margin of anterior ramus with armature, fairly dense, begins on basal 
segment. Cirms V rami slightly longer than CIV; inferior margin setae fine, long, dense, superior 
margin setae medium length, grouped at segment nodes; inferior segment margins slightly convex, 
superior segment margin fairly straight. Cirrus VI similar to CV; rami slightly longer or same 
length. Penis long, annulated; very sparsely covered in short fine setae; large spine at base, spine 
mildly rounded. All cirral setae simple. 
Table 4. Cirral formula for Conopea minyrostrum sp. nov. Segment counts from paratypes 
CASIZ 187649Aand 185865. 
Cirrus I 
II 
III 
IV 
V 
VI 
Anterior ramus 7-9 
6-9 
Missing 
16 
17 
19-20 
Posterior ramus 10-12 
9-12 
Missing 
17 
17-19 
19-20 
Etomology. — A combination of the Latin miny- small and rostrum, in reference to the small 
rostrum, especially in comparison to the carina. 
Distribution. — Known only from the type locality in the Verde Island Passage, Philippines. 
Species comparisons. — The three species of Conopea that are most similar externally to 
C. minyrostrum are C. proripiens, C. willhearsti, and C. margaretae. It differs from all three of 
these species in the presence of a much shorter rostrum. All of the other species have much more 
