Plate 1 issued from : J.G. Greenwood in Proc. R. Soc. Qd, 1977, 88. [p.54, Fig.2]. Female (from 27°20'S, 153°15'E): 5th thoracic segment and urosome (lateral); b, habitus (lateral; body somewhat laterally compressed and fractured ventrally); c-f, P1 to P4 respectively. Nota: Metasome to urosome length ratio 5.07 A1 24-segmented, relatively short, reaching to level of 3rd thoracic segment. metasome with 1st thoracic segment separated from cephalic region by faint fusion line; 4th and 5th thoracic segments fused. 5th thoracic segment produced into pointed process reaching posterior level of genital segment. Urosome 4-segmented, short. Genital segment longer than remaining segments combined. Caudal rami symmetrical. Surface of P1-P4, but sepecially P2-P4 generally clothed with minute scale-like spines, these being slightly enlarged and organised into rows. Coxa of P4 with inner surface clothed by denticles forming pad, distal border with 3 spines. P5 absent.
Distribution
NZ: 1
Distribution map of Bradyidius sp. by geographical zones
? hyperbenthic. For Greenwood (1977, p.55) this rarity form ( a single female taken, S = 35.02 p.1000; t° = 25.5°C) may be due to semibenthic existence.