Morphology
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Telson present, small, usually without terminal setae, but occasionally with 2. Uropod inner ramus of 1, 2, or 3 articles. Male pleopods absent. Number free thoracic somites never reduced. Exopods on maxillipeds and the following combinations of pereopods: in the male, 1-4, occasionally 1-3 or 1-2; in the female, absent from third maxillipeds, 0, 2, or 2 + 2 rudimentary on pereopods. Mandible with large section dorsal to molar. Branchial apparatus without gill plates or supports.
Watling, Les
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