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Image from page 144 of “Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum” (1898)

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Identifier: annalsofsouthafr90198sout
Title: Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: South African Museum
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Cape Town : The Museum
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Fig. 11. Cyathura estuaria. A 9 dorsal view. B. Antennule. C. Pereopod 2. D. Pereopod7. E. Uropodal exopod. F. Maxiiliped. G. Mandible. H. Maxilla. Scale in mm. SOUTHERN AFRICAN ANTHURIDEA 115 Diagnosis Integument moderately setose. Telson parallel-sided for three-quarters oflength, distally rounded, fused mediodorsally with pleonite 6. Copulatory styletof pleopod 2 endopod in male not extending beyond ramus. Pereopod 1 femalewith rounded tooth on propodal palm; carpus distally produced, rounded. Type material Syntype, SAM-A68, 1 non-ovig. $, 27,5 mm, Buffalo River estuary.Syntypes, SAM-A2269, 14 juvs, 3,2-8,0 mm, Zwartkops River estuary.Syntypes, SAM-A14073, 3 juvs, 7,0 mm. Zwartkops River estuary.
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Fig. 12. Cyathura estuaria. A. 9 cephalon. B. Pereopod 1, dactylus and propodus.C. Pleon, lateral view. D. Telson and uropods, dorsal view. 116 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Other material SAM-A6289, 1 juv., St. Lucia estuary. University College of Zululand, 1non-ovig. $, 20,1 mm, Lake Msingazi, Zululand. Distribution Langebaan Lagoon; east coast estuaries and lakes from Zwartkops River,Port Elizabeth, to Zululand. Remarks The species has been taken from estuarine muds in salinities ranging from0 to 35%o. Haliophasma Haswell, 1881Exanthura Barnard, 1914: 336a. Diagnosis Integument usually indurate, often with scattered small pits. Pereonites4-6 each with single mid-dorsal pit. Pleonites 1-5 fused, pleonite 6 free, orrarely more or less fused with telson. Telson often sculptured, indurate, withpair of basal statocysts. Antennular flagellum of two to six articles. Antennalflagellum of four to seven articles. Mandibular palp three-segmented.Maxilliped four -segmented, rarely with ve
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