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Description

provided by NMNH Antarctic Invertebrates

“Leptophoxoides molaris, new species

Diagnosis: With the characters of the genus.

Descriptive features differentiating this species from Leptophoxus falcatus: the lower posterior corner of the third pleonal epimeron is rounded, the lower edge quite convex; inner ramus of uropod 3 is nearly as long as article 1 of outer ramus.

Holotype: L.G.O. No. 41, female, 3 mm., unique.

Type locality: Vema Station 52, Cape Basin, 4961 meters. Benthic.”

(Barnard, 1962: 51)