The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)

Figure 124. Rocinela runga sp. nov. Holotype. A, mandible; B, mandible molar and incisor; C, mandible palp article 3;
D, robust seta, mandible palp article 2; E, maxillule; F, maxillule apex; G, maxilla; H, maxilla apex; I, maxilliped; J, maxilliped,
palp articles –3.
0.6 times as long as ischium, .9 times as long as wide,
inferior margin with 2 RS (paired), superior distal angle
with 9 RS, inferior distal angle with 5 RS; carpus
0.6 times as long as ischium, 2.4 times as long as wide,
inferior margin with RS (and minute proximal seta),
superior distal angle with 9 RS (4 short), inferior distal
angle with 8 RS; propodus 0.6 as long as ischium, 3.6
times as long as wide, inferior margin with 5 RS (set as
, 2 and 2), superior distal angle with 5 slender setae,
inferior distal angle with 3 RS.
Pleopods swollen and distended, not described; examined
in situ, appearing similar to those of Rocinela
leptopus sp. nov.
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Uropod peduncle ventrolateral margin with 2 RS,
posterior lobe about three-quarters as long as endopod.
Exopod at angle of about 35° to endopod, rami not extending
to pleotelson apex, marginal setae in two tiers.
Endopod lateral margin weakly convex, lateral margin
with 4 RS, mesial margin distally rounded, with 4 RS.
Exopod not extending to end of endopod, 3.4 times as
long as greatest width; lateral margin weakly convex,
with 8 RS; mesial margin straight, distally convex, with
0 RS; distal margin with indistinct apex.