Plate 1 Issued from : J.M. Bradford in N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst., 1971, 206, Part 8, No 59. [p.20, Figs.54-60].
Female (from 71°15'S, 176°30'E): 54, P2; 55, P3; 56-57, habitus (lateral and dorsal, respectively); 58, P1; 59, A2; 60, P4.
Scale bar: 1 mm (56, 57); 100 µm on the rest.

Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment incompletely fused, 4th and 5th segments fused.
Posterior borders of last thoracic segment broadly rounded.
No trace of rostrum.
Genital segment laterally slightly swollen but ventrally greatly extended.
A2 endopod over half length of exopod; exopod 7-segmented (segments 1 and 2 without setae).
P1 exopod 1-segmented; exopod 1-segmented with 1 external spine, terminal seta with external small teeth and internal border of hairs.
P2 endopod 1-segmeted; exopod 3-segmented, terminal spine with about 60 very small external teeth; 3rd segment with 1 ''glandular pore'' on anterior surface in distal external corner.
P3 3-segmented, although segments 1 and 2 endopod appears immovable; ''glandular pores'' obn distal-external corners of 2nd and 3rd exopod segments; terminal spine with about 60 teeth.
P4 almost identical with P3, exopod a little broader.
external exopod spines of P2-P4 bordered by a row of small bristles.

Plate 2 Issued from : J.M. Bradford in N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst., 1971, 206, Part 8, No 59. [p.19, Figs.49-53].
Female; 49, A1; 50, Md (mandibular palp); 51, Mx1; 52, Mx2; 53, Mxp.
Scale bars: 100 µm.

Nota: A1 23-segmented (segments 8-9, 17-18 fused), reaches past caudal rami, furnished with elongate annulate setae on segmentd 7, 8, 13, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23.
Md palp endopod bears 4 setae on terminal segment and 6 setae on exopod, basipod segments without setae.
Mx1 with setation on 1st inner lobe strongly developed, 2nd inner lobe apparently absent, 3rd lobe with 3 setae, endopod with 3 setae, exopod with 4 setae; 1st outer lobe with 8 setae.
Mx2 with 5 lobes, 2 proximal lobes with 1 seta each, while three distal lobes have enlarged spine-like setae; 3rd lobe with 1 spine, 4th lobe with 2 spines (1 shorter and thicker), 4th lobe with 2 spines (1 shorter and thicker), 5th lobe bears 1 spine carrying 2 setae.
Mxp 1st basippod segment with 1 median seta, distal corner with 1 terminal spine-like expansion, 1 short thickly plumose seta and 2 ordinary setae; remaider of setation as in Fig.53.

Plate 3 Chiridiella megadactyla female ;
1 - Penultimate lobe of Mx2 with 1 long and 1 short spine arranged as pincers.
2 - Mx2 with 4 or 5 lobes.
3 - A1 as long as, or longer than body.
4 - 1st basipod segment of Mxp with 1 median seta and 3 distal setae on a terminal expansion, 2nd segment with 1 seta.