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

Figure 40. Aegapheles mahana sp. nov. Paratype NIWA 794 . A, left mandible (broken); B, right mandible (broken) C, mandible
palp article 3; D, maxillule apex; E, maxilla apex; F, maxilliped articles 2–5; G, maxilliped article 5 (Leica).
2), superior distal angle with 6 RS, inferior distal angle
with 6 RS; propodus 0.7 as long as ischium, 4.5 times as
long as wide, inferior margin with 4 RS (set as 2 and 2),
superior distal angle with small slender seta, inferior
distal angle with 3 RS.
Penes opening flush with surface of sternite 7; penial
openings separated by 6% of sternal width.
Pleopod 1 exopod 2.2 times as long as wide, distally
narrowly rounded with strongly oblique mesial mar-
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gin, lateral margin weakly concave, mesial margin
strongly convex, with PMS on distal half; endopod
2.3 times as long as wide, distally subtruncate, lateral
margin weakly concave, with PMS on distal half, mesial
margin with PMS on distal two-thirds; peduncle .4
times as wide as long, mesial margin with coupling
hooks. Pleopod 2 appendix masculina with straight margins,
0.7 times as long as endopod, distally narrowly
rounded. Exopods of pleopods –3 each with distola-