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

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Figure 125. Rocinela runga sp. nov. Holotype. A–C, pereopods , 2 and 7 respectively; D, pereopod , merus, distal inferior<br />

margin; E, pereopod , propodus, distal inferior margin, F, pereopod 2 ischium, mesial angle; G, pereopod 7, distal margin <strong>of</strong><br />

carpus, mesial RS; H, uropod; I, uropodal exopod, ventral view.<br />

Variation: <strong>The</strong> uropodal endopod mesial margin had<br />

4 and 6 robust setae, lateral margin 4 and 5 robust<br />

setae.<br />

remarks: Rocinela runga sp. nov. can be identified by<br />

the ovate body shape, relatively small and widely<br />

separated eyes, smoothly narrowed rostrum, very<br />

long (longer than pereopod 7) and slender pereopod<br />

92<br />

, pereopods –3 without a propodal blade and by the<br />

relatively narrow uropodal rami.<br />

Rocinela leptopus sp. nov. is the only other similar<br />

species, with a similar pereopodal, pleotelson and<br />

uropod morphology. <strong>The</strong> two species are readily separated<br />

by R. runga having a more elongate pereopod<br />

, pereopod dactylus distally curved (proximally<br />

curved in R. leptopus), more slender pereopods 2 and

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