Alima neptuni ( Linnaeus, 1768 )

Alima neptuni ( Linnaeus, 1768)

Stage IV: Alima (CNCR32478)

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Description. Carapace three times longer than width, extending to middle of fourth pereonite, with pair of small anterolateral spines, bearing pair of posterolateral spines reaching base of sixth pereonite, presenting small spinule and small spine proximally; margin of carapace convex. Rostrum small, reaching half of A1. Second maxilliped with proximal spine; propodus eight times as long as wide, distal portion of upper margin pectinate with 28–29 denticles; dactylus bearing three teeth. Telson convex, twice as long as wide, bearing eight intermediate and 12 submedian denticles on either side of midline.