The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)
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Figure 62. Aegiochus kakai sp. nov. Male paratype 4.5 mm, NIWA 23864. A, mandible; B, mandible palp, article 3; C, maxillule<br />
apex; D, maxilla; E, maxilla apex; F, maxilliped; G, maxilliped articles 2–5.<br />
RS, inferior distal angle with 6 RS; carpus .0 as long<br />
as ischium, 2.6 times as long as wide, inferior margin<br />
with 3 RS (set as and 2), superior distal angle with 9<br />
RS (6 <strong>of</strong> which are biserrate), inferior distal angle with<br />
5 RS; propodus .0 as long as ischium, 4 times as long<br />
as wide, inferior margin with 5 RS (seta as , 2 and 2),<br />
superior distal angle with 3 slender setae, inferior distal<br />
angle with 3 RS.<br />
Penes opening flush with surface <strong>of</strong> sternite 7, mutually<br />
adjacent.<br />
Pleopod 1 exopod 2.0 as long as wide, distally narrowly<br />
rounded, mesial margin weakly oblique, lateral<br />
margin straight, mesial margin strongly convex, with<br />
PMS on distal half, with ~54 PMS; endopod 2.2 times as<br />
long as wide, distally rounded, lateral margin straight,<br />
with PMS on distal half, mesial margin with PMS on<br />
distal one-third, endopod with ~33 PMS; peduncle .8<br />
times as wide as long, mesial margin with 7 coupling<br />
hooks. Pleopod 2 exopod with ~66 PMS, endopod with<br />
~43 PMS; appendix masculina basally swollen, . times<br />
as long as endopod (middle part with prominent cuticular<br />
scales), distally acute. Pleopod 3 exopod with ~75<br />
PMS, endopod with ~ 5 PMS. Pleopod 4 exopod with<br />
~70 PMS, endopod with ~ 0 PMS. Pleopod 5 exopod
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