Pallenopsis schmitti Hedgpeth, 1943
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Family:  Phoxichilidiidae ()
Max. size:  1 cm TRKL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 15 - 248 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Colombia, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Diagnosis:  Large species with trunk length of almost 10 mm. Trunk fully segmented; lateral processes moderately short, separated by more than their diameters. Proboscis cylindrical, distally setose. Abdomen almost as long as chelifore scapes. Chelae large; palms inflated, very setose: fingers very short, carried synaxially. Palps represented by low, I-segmented knob. Ovigers robust, very setose; strigilis weak, with many plain spines. Legs long, with many long dorsal and lateral setae; ventral cement gland tube shorter than femoral diameter, on bulge at segment midlength. Propodus very short, slightly curved, with several large heel spines; claw moderately short; auxiliaries over half main claw length (Ref. 2115, p. 66).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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