Planche 1 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Proc. Zool. Inst. RAN, St. Petersburg, 1996, 268. [p.120, Fig.91]. Female.
Planche 2 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Proc. Zool. Inst. RAN, St. Petersburg, 1996, 268. [p.121, Fig.92]. Female (from different localities). GntbMd: gnathobase of Md (partial)..
Planche 3 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Proc. Zool. Inst. RAN, St. Petersburg, 1996, 268. [p.122, Fig.93]. Male (from Kuril Trench). Re: exopod; P.md: mandibular palp; Abd: urosome.
Planche 4 issued from : J.M. Bradford & J.B. Jillett in Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst., 86, 1980. [p.25, Fig.13]. Female: A, habitus (dorsal); B, posterior metasome and genital segment (lateral left side); C, idem (dorsal); D, P2.
Nota: The setation of the mouth parts is identical with that of C. poppei.
Planche 5 issued from : O. Tanaka in Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1957, VI (1). [p.55, Fig.34]. As Chiridius carnosus. Male: a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral left side); d, P1; e, P2; f, P5.
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment fused, 4th and 5th incompletely fused. Proportional lengths of urosomites and furca 18:22:25:18:2:15 = 100. A1 (23-segmented) reaches back to distal end of 2nd urosomal segment. Right A1 with segments 20 and 21 fused with long aesthetasks. Mx1: 9 setae on endopod, 5 setae on 1st outer lobe, 9 setae on exopod.
Planche 6 Issued from : K.A. Brodskii in Calanoida of the Far Eastern Seas and Polar Basin of the USSR. Opred. Fauna SSSR, 1950, 35 (Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967) [p.154, Fig.68]. Female (from S Okhotsk Sea): habitus (dorsal and lateral left side); last thoracic segment and urosome (dorsal); corner of the last thoracic segment and genital segment (lateral left side); Mx, Mx1; Mp1, Mx2; S1, P1; S2, P2.
Nota: A characteristic feature of the new species are the form of the thoracic spikes, which are large, slightly converging apically, and the relatively wide segments of P1.
Planche 7Chiridius pacificus female: 1 - Exopod of Mx1 with 10 setae. Points of last thoracic segment reaching to the end of first third of genital segment. 2 - Endopodal segment 2 of Md wuith 8 (7 terminal and 1 posterior) setae. 3 - Points of last thoracic segment exceeding the middle of genital segment. Exopodal segment 3 of P1 with external spine 1.30-1.47 longer than external spine of segment 2.
Planche 8Chiridius pacificus male: 1 - Points of last thoracic segment exceeding the posterior border of genital segment.
Carte 3 Issued from : J.M. Bradford & J.B. Jillett in New Zealand Ocean. Inst. Memoir, 86, 1980. [p.90-91, Fig.71]. Distribution of several species of Chiridius in the Tasman Sea and around New Zealand. Nota: Chiridius subgracilis ( = Chiridius molestus).