Parapandalus simulatrix, Chace, 1985

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P. simulatrix Chace, 1985

Description. Rostrum far overreaching antennal scale, armed dorsally, on basal crest only, with 6–9 teeth, including 2–4 on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin, 1 or more posteriormost teeth sometimes with faint, incomplete basal suture, none with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 29–49 teeth; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye broadly subpyriform, maximum diameter about 1/4 carapace length, ocellus represented by tapering, subtruncate lobe, broadening slightly rather than constricted at juncture with cornea; 3rd maxilliped with epipod, penultimate segment from 11/10 to more than 4/3 times as long as terminal segment; 2nd pereopods subequal without epipod, bearing 14–21 carpal articles ( Chace 1985).

Distribution. Known only from the Philippine at depths of 216–472 m ( Chace 1985).