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). Head, with antero-ventral notch or slit, anterior and posterior lobes rounded. Pleonite segments usually lacking dorsal teeth. Urosomite 1 with or without dorsal mid-line spine. Urosomite 2 with paired dorsal spines and/ or robust setae in 2 groups. Mandible left lacinia mobilis 4-dentate; palp well developed, 3-articulate, articles 2 and 3 with terminal and marginal setae. Maxilla 1, inner plate sub rectangular, elongate, with truncate or rounded distal margin, with apical setae, outer plate with 9 apical robust setae. Maxilla 2, inner plate with distal marginal setae, oblique setal row absent. Maxilliped plates strong; palp article 2 sublinear; article 3 bilobed; dactyl stout, curved. Gnathopod 1, sexually dimorphic or not, subchelate. Gnathopod 2 sexually dimorphic, subchelate; pereopod 6 coxa sexually dimorphic. Epimeron 3, hind corner moderately produced, acute or with small tooth, ventral margin smooth or weakly serrate. Uropod 1, peduncle with basofacial robust seta; Uropod 3, inner ramus scale-like; outer ramus, much longer than peduncle, 1 or 2-articulate, article 2 short. Telson deeply cleft, lobes terminally subacute, each with 23 robust setae.
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. According to
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and
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Horton
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there are currently 57 species in the genus
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<emphasis id="B907EAA1352EFFA4FAA5FE069EF4FDC4" box="[1345,1415,490,514]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="548">Melita</emphasis>
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. This paper reinstates one species and adds one new species to bring the total to 59 species. Further investigation of poorly described historical species of
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<emphasis id="B907EAA1352EFFA4FB85FDAE9FD4FD9C" box="[1121,1191,578,602]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="548">Melita</emphasis>
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is required to resolve some taxonomic issues but is outside the scope of this work.
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