Planche 4 issued from : G.B. Deevey in Proc.Biol. Soc. Wash., 1973, 86 (21). [p.255, Fig.4].
Female: a-b, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); c, A1; d, Md; e, another view of Md blade; f, Mx1; g, P5; h, P5 (lateral view); i, genital segment (lateral view).
Nota : Head about ½ cephalothorax length, weakly fused with 1st pedigerous segment.
last thoracic segment with blunt tooth dorsally on each side.
Urosome 30% or less of cephalothorax length.
Genital segment very slightly asymmetrical in dorsal view, dilated ventrally, developed asymmetrically ventrally on the left side.
Caudal rami less than half as long as wide ; with fine hairs laterally ; caudal setae subequal, 2nd and 3rd inner setae jointed near base, finely plumose, short bent dorsal seta visible in lateral view.
A1 21-segmented, 20th and 21st segments partially fused, reaching to genital segment.
Exopodite of A2 42-43% length of endopodite ; enropodite with tiny seta midlength of distal segment.
Md, Mx1, Mx2 and Mxp similar to those of P. bermudensis.
Endopod of P1 clearly segmented.
P5 with a finely plumose lateral and apical seta, sometimes a tiny blunt spinule beside apical seta.
Male: j, P1; k, P2; l, P4.
Scale at bottom right for a-c; on right margin for d-j. Scales in mm.
Male : Head about ½ cephalothorax length, weakly fused with 1st pedigerous segment.
last thoracic segment with a blunt tooth dorsally on each side, more prominent on right side yjan on left.
Urosome 30% or less of cephalothorax length.
Caudal rami less than twice as long as wide, with fine hairs on lateral margins ; caudal setae finely plumose, 2nd inner seta much longer than the others.
Right A1 21-segmented, 20th and 21st segments partially fused. Left A1 geniculate, 20-segmented, 19th and 20th segments partially fused, jointed between 17th and 18th segments.
A2 similar to female’s, exopodite 46% of endopodite length ; endopodite with tiny seta midlength of last segment.
Md as in P. bermudensis, with extra seta near base of last palp segment.
Mx1, Mx2 and Mxp as in female.
P1 to P4 similar to female’s.
P5 : last segment of left leg with a strong pincerlike spine and a shorter, curved process, bifid at the tip. This process is also bifid in P. similis males (Scott, 1909, Pl. XLII, fig.19). Roe’s (1972) male specimen of P. buchani has P5 similar to those here described, except that the small proximal spine on the last segment of the left is missing.
As previously noted, a single male specimen with different P5 was caught in the 500-1000 m tow. In the proportions of the body, the length of the caudal rami and structure of the appendages, this specimen is similar to the P. buchani male. P5 are also similar in structure, except that the two pincerlike spines on the last segment of the left leg are laxking and replaced by two short spinules (probably malformation).