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Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington—Nos. 78, 79 and 80
Diagnostic characters of New Zealand Hippolytidae larvae
Diagnostic characters of New Zealand Hippolytidae larvae
Alope spinifrons (Fig. 3G)
Carapace with one pair of anterolateral spines in zoea 1, and two pairs from zoea 2 onward (of which the more dorsal is as long as the antennal protopod in late larvae), with supraorbital spines from zoea 2 page 9
onwards; abdominal somites 1-5 without spines; pereiopods 1-4 with exopod bearing six setae when first developed but with up to 12 setae in late larvae; pereiopods 3-5 raptorial in form and pereiopod 5 shorter than pereiopods 2-4 when all developed.
Hippolyte bifidirostris and H. multicolorata (Figs. 3A, B)
Carapace with 3-5 pairs of anteroventral spines and one pair of anterolateral spines; region above latter minutely serrated; also with supraorbital spines from zoea 3; abdominal somite 5 with posterolateral spines, also with small posterodorsal spines in H. multicolorata only; pereiopods 1-2 with exopod, 3-5 poorly segmented and probably not functional; exopods of pereiopods and maxillipeds with no more than six setae.
Nauticaris marionis (Figs. 3D-F)
Only zoea 1 known; carapace with one pair of anterolateral spines; abdomen with small posterodorsal spines on somite 5 and no other spines; antennal endopod almost twice length of exopod, with small accessory seta, and with long tapering distal portion bearing two rows of widely spaced spines.
Tozeuma novaezealandiae (Fig. 3H)
Long and slender larvae with very prominent, forward-pointing dorsomedial spine on somite 3; also with strong posterolateral spines on abdominal somite 5.