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Characters of subclass. Rec.BIRSHTEYN mistakenly included the maxillae with the thoracic limbs.That they are truly maxillae is shown by the presence of openings for the maxillary glands.Family HUTCHINSONIELLIDAE Sanders, 1955 Characters of type genus.Rec.Hutchinsoniella SANDERS, 1955, p. 61 [*H.macracantlza; aD].Eighth thoracic somite with limb and well-developed pleura.Basal segment of endopods of thoracic limbs clearly defined from protopods.Ventral comb on abdominal somite preceding telson.Rec., NE.N.
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