Ceratothoa africanae Hadfield, Bruce & Smit 2014

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Kerry A. Hadfield, Niel L. Bruce, Nico J. Smit Zookeys
Figure 1.Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. female holotype (29 mm) (SAM A45937): A dorsal view B antero-dorsal view of pereonite 1 and cephalon C ventral view of cephalon D dorsal view of pleotelson E lateral view.
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Figure 2.Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. female paratype (30 mm) (SAM A45938): A antennule B antenna C mandible D tip of maxillule E maxillule F tip of maxilliped article 3 G maxilla H tip of maxilla I maxilliped with oostegite J oostegites K uropod.
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Figure 3.Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. female holotype (29 mm) (SAM A45937): A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 6 D pereopod 7.
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Figure 4.Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. female paratype (30 mm) (SAM A45938): A dorsal pleopod 1 B dorsal pleopod 2 C dorsal pleopod 3 D dorsal pleopod 4 E dorsal pleopod 5 F ventral pleopod 1 G ventral pleopod 2 H ventral pleopod 3 I ventral pleopod 4 J ventral pleopod 5.
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Figure 5.Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. male paratype (14 mm) (SAM A45938): A dorsal view B antero-dorsal view of pereonite 1 and cephalon C ventral view of cephalon D dorsal view of pleotelson E lateral view.
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Figure 6.Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. male paratype (14 mm) (SAM A45938): A antennule B antenna C maxillule D mandible E maxilla F tip of maxilliped G maxilliped H uropod I pereopod 1 J pereopod 7.
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Figure 7.Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. male paratype (14 mm) (SAM A45938): A dorsal pleopod 1 B dorsal pleopod 2 C dorsal pleopod 3 D dorsal pleopod 4 E dorsal pleopod 5 F ventral pleopod 1 G ventral pleopod 2 H ventral pleopod 3 I ventral pleopod 4 J ventral pleopod 5.
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Figure 21.Photographs of the Ceratothoa specimens studied: A lateral view of Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. (SAM A45938) B dorsal view of Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. (SAM A45938) C lateral view of Ceratothoa famosa sp. n. (SAM A45941) D dorsal view of Ceratothoa famosa sp. n. (SAM A45941) E dorsal view of Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775) (BMNH 1979.403.1) F dorsal view of Ceratothoa trigonocephala (Leach, 1818) (NHMUK 2013.1013).