Abstract
Heterocarpus tenuidentatus n. sp. is described from an ovigerous female collected off the Solomon Islands at a depth of between 814 and 980 meters. It is distinguished by a branchiostegal carina that extends along two thirds of the carapace, this being the only long, sharp carina on the lateral part of the carapace. It is also characterized by having the rostrum scarcely longer than half the length of the carapace, the small size of the upper rostral and postrostral teeth, the proportionally wide blade of the scaphocerite, and by being larger in size than any other Heterocarpus species.References
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