Plate 1 issued from : G.D. Grice & K. Huisemann in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1967, 122 (3583). [p.56, Figs.144-147]. Female: 144, forehead (dorsal); 145, 5th thoracic segment and urosome (dorsal); 146, idem (lateral right side); 147, P5.
Nota: The one specimen differs from the original description (Wolfenden, 1911) in that the A1 exceeds the end of the furca by about 4 segments. Left furcal ramus slightly longer than the right one instead of being considerably longer as mentioned in the original description.
Plate 2Lucicutia major female: 1 - Characters following not combined : Prosome about 3 times longer than urosome. Cephalosome with slightly projecting and rounded anterior corners and well developed lateral spinous projections; anal somite about as long as wide; caudal rami 11.7 times longer than wide and bowed outwards at base, leaving elliptical space between rami proximally. 2 - P1 with 3-segmented endopod. 3 - Cephalosome with 1 pair lateral spinous projections. 4 - Genital double-somite symmetrical (dorsal view). 5 - Anal somite much shorter than caudal ramus. 6 - P5 with 3-segmented endopod. 7 - Characters not combined between distal 3 to 4 segments of A1 reaching beyond tip of caudal ramus and body length less than 3mm. 8 - Cephalosome with 1 pair of rounded lateral projections. 9 - Anal somite shorter than preceding somite; caudal rami longer than urosome.
Distribution
NZ: 2
Distribution map of Lucicutia major by geographical zones