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62 ANTHURIDEA • HYSSURIDAE<br />

Figure 27. Kupellonura imswe: A phalon, dorsal view; B, posterior pleon, d<br />

view; C, pleon, ventral view; D> cephalon and pereonites 1 and 2, lateral view<br />

Xenanthura brevitelson Barnard, 1925<br />

Figure 28<br />

D I A G N O S I S 9 : 4 . 0 m m . O m m a t i d i a o f e y e s i n l o n g i t u d i n a l r o w o f t h r e e o r<br />

f o u r g r o u p s . A n t e n n u l a r flagellum o f t h r e e a r t i c l e s . A n t e n n a l f l a g e l l u m o f<br />

t h r e e a r t i c l e s . M a n d i b u l a r p a l p o f s i n g l e s h o r t a r t i c l e b e a r i n g s i n g l e s e t a .<br />

M a x i l l i p e d a l r a m i b a s a l l y f u s e d , p a l p o f t h r e e o r f o u r o b s c u r e l y s e p a r a t e d<br />

a r t i c l e s . P e r e o p o d s 1 - 3 s i m i l a r , c a r p u s o f p e r e o p o d 2 t r i a n g u l a r , w i t h s t r o n g<br />

t r i a n g u l a r p r o j e c t i n g l o b e p o s t e r o d i s t a l l y ; p r o p o d i e x p a n d e d , p a l m i n c i s e d<br />

i n t o s e v e r a l r o u n d e d l o b e s . U r o p o d a l e x o p o d s c i r c u l a r , o v e r l a p p i n g d o r s a l l y<br />

a n d c o v e r i n g t e l s o n ; e n d o p o d p r o j e c t i n g b e y o n d e x o p o d s v e n t r a l l y , m e s i a l<br />

m a r g i n w i t h s t e p , d i s t a l l y r o u n d e d . T e l s o n s h o r t e r t h a n u r o p o d a l e x o p o d ,<br />

p o s t e r i o r m a r g i n t r u n c a t e t o f a i n t l y c o n c a v e . 6 : 3 . 5 m m . A n t e n n u l a r<br />

flagellum o f s e v e n a r t i c l e s .<br />

R E C O R D S O f f G e o r g i a , 2 0 - 1 4 5 m ; o f f F l o r i d a , 8 - 1 0 m ; T u r k s a n d C a i c o s<br />

I s l a n d m ; S t . T h o m a s , U . S . V i r g i n I s l a n d s , 5 0 - 6 0 m ; G u l f o f M

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