Plate 1 issued from : O. Tanaka in Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1962, X (1). [p.89, Fig.151]. Male (from Suruga Bay): a, forehead (left lateral side); b, last thoracic segment and urosome (left lateral side); c, rostrum (dorsal view); d, Mx2; e, P1; f, P2; g, endopod of left P5.
Nota Male: - Head and 1st thoracic segment fused, 4th and 5th pedigers fused. - Posterolateral corners of the last thoracic segment rounded. - Rostrum composed of a small bifid basal to which robust, long spines attached. - Urosome 5-segmented; segments and caudal rami in the proportional lengths 10: 39 :17 : 25 : 3 : 6. - 2nd abdominal segment very robust and long. - Caudal rami as long as wide. - A1 20-segmented on left side, reaches back to the end of the last thoracic segment. - A2 exopod 1.5 times as long as endopod. - Md palp robust. - Mx1 with 5 setae on the outer lobe; 8 setae on exopod; 5 setae on endopodal segments 2-3, 3 setae on the endopodal segment 1; 3 setae on the 2nd basal segment; 2 setae on the 3rd inner lobe. - Mx2 with 5 bud-like and 3 vermiform filaments on the segments of the endopod; one of the bud-like filament is much larger than the rest. - P1 with the 1st and 2nd exopodal segments have each a slender outer edge spine, 3rd exopodal segment with 2 groups of minute spines on the posterior surface. - P2 with a moderately long and curved outer edge spine on the 1st exopodal segment , 2nd and 3rd exopodal segments lost. - P3 and P4 endopods broken off. - P3 with coxa furnished with minute spines on the posterior surface. - P5 reaches back to the distal margin of the 3rd abdominal segment. Exopod of the left leg broken off in the distal segment. Endopod of the right leg short.
Distribution
NZ: 1
Distribution map of Scolecithricella sp. by geographical zones