Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Volume 4

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Linnean Society of New South Wales., 1880
 

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Page 387 - ... considerably nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal fin. There are fourteen abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral fin ; back bluish, with dark longitudinal lines ; sides silvery.
Page x - President, two or more Vice-Presidents, Honorary Treasurer, Secretary, and not more than twenty-one elected Members of the Society.
Page 323 - Superior and inferior antennre subequal in length, equal in length to the cephalon and first three segments of the pereion ; the peduncles stout, rather shorter than the flagella. Anterior gnathopoda small, the propodos subquadrate, the palm nearly transverse. Posterior gnathopoda with tho propodos large, cordiform ; the palm oblique, undefined.
Page 383 - Gill rakers very fine and long, closely set. Ventral fins inserted below the posterior half of the base of the dorsal. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal. Abdominal serrature very indistinct; there are about eleven abdominal scutes behind the base...
Page 423 - The height of the body equals the length of the head and is one-fifth of the total. The young specimen has the body somewhat more slender.
Page 343 - Plate VI., fig. 3 Eyes oval, large, but separated by a broad space above. Superior antennae rather longer than the cephalon and first three segments of the pereion, the flagellum nearly twice as long as the peduncle, its articuli armed distally with short hairs above and below — every third or fourth having its distal and inferior angle dilated and crowned with auditory cilia. Inferior...
Page 356 - Superior antennae as long as the cephalon and first three segments of the pereion ; first segment of the peduncle short...
Page 346 - Inferior antennae longer ~ than the superior pair, very stout ; flagellum much shorter than the last segment of the peduncle, obscurely multiarticulate, secondary appendage uni-articulate. Anterior gnathopoda small, the propodos ovate, the palm undefined. Posterior gnathopoda very large, carpus produced at its inferior and distal angle into a long, curved, compressed, pointed process, which nearly equals the propodos in length ; propodos large, thrice as long as broad, convex dorsally, concave ventrally,...
Page 428 - Lips thin , the angle made by the anterior margins of the mandibulary bones is very obtuse.
Page 460 - ... the length of the carapace and rostrum ; a row of seven to twelve conical or compressed teeth on the anterior margin of the arm, four or five conical teeth or more elongated spines on its upper surface, and three more or less prominent spines on its posterior border ; hand with a row of four to six larger and four or five smaller triangular spines on its outer border, and about ten of similar shape on its inner ; fingers stout, only slightly crossed at the tips when closed. Posterior limbs having...

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