issued from : T. Roy
inProc. Symp. Warm Water Zoopl., Goa, India, 1977. [p.101, Fig.1];
Female (from Nankauri Bay: Nicobar Island): a, habitus (dorsal); b, A1; c, last thoracic segment and urosome;d, P5; e, same (claw with spine enlarged); f, Md; g, endopod of A2; h, Mx2; i, Mx1 (outer lobe).
Nota: A1 22-segmented (segments 2 and 3 fused); tip bears unequal setae fringed with fine setules.
Body with 5 imperfect divisions of prosome; urosome 4-segmented.
Proportional length of cephalothorax and urosome: 64 : 36.
Wings of the last metasomal segment asymmetrical; each wiing bears 2 strong spines pointing downwards.
Mid region of the dorsal surface of the genital segment possesses 2 unequal spines, one is large and serrated, the other is small and naked; outer margin of the genital segment finely ciliated.
A group of small spines present on both sides of the dorso-lateral corners of the distal region of the 2nd and 3rd urosomal segments.
Proportional lengths of urosomal segments (caudal rami included) 32 : 16 : 18 : 10: 24 = 100.
Caudal rami symmetrical; each ramus bears 6 unequal setae ( inner seta naked and smallest).
Md: palp with basal part rather broad; endopod well developed and little larger than the exopod.
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