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Synopsis
Excerpt from A Monograph of the Free and Semi-Parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands, Vol. 2
The characters which distinguish the genera belong ing to this section are as follows -the accessory branch of the posterior antenna is largely developed; mandible-palp 2-branched, the branches springing from a large basal plate; the posterior foot-jaws are not formed for prehension, having no clawed hand; the first pair of feet is like the following pairs, both branches being adapted for swimming and not at all for grasping.
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