Morphology
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Telson present, of medium or large size, with 3 or more terminal setae, rarely with only 1. Uropod inner ramus three-articulate. Male pleopods 3 or 0 pairs, with external process on inner ramus; female pleopods present in one species. Number free thoracic somites never reduced. Exopods on maxillipeds and the following combinations of pereopods: in the male 1-4; in the female, 2 + 2 rudimentary, rarely 1 or 1 + 1 rudimentary. Mandible naviculoid, with large section dorsal to molar. Branchial apparatus with narrow gill plates.
Watling, Les
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