Ensayara iara Lowry & Stoddart, 1983

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Ensayara iara Lowry & Stoddart, 1983

Ensayara iara Lowry & Stoddart, 1983: 306 , figs 18–19.

Type material. Holotype, sex undetermined, 3.5 mm, NMNZ CR 3141 [Not examined].

Type locality. North side of Punui Bay, The Snares (48°07'S, 166°36'E), 27 m depth.

Habitat. Either among bryozoans, 27 m, or coarse shelly sand, 50 m.

Diagnosis. Head lateral cephalic lobe subacute. Maxilla 1 palp article 2 with 5 seta. Maxilliped inner plate with 3 robust setae. Coxae 1 to 3 ventral margin with sparse fine setae. Gnathopod 1 basis anterior margin smooth, not cuspidate. Pereopod 3 carpus posterior margin about as long as free proximal margin of propodus, posteroproximal margin not produced, subrectangular; propodus palm slightly obtuse, margin convex. Pereopod 7 basis, posteroventral corner oblique. Uropods 1 and 2 rami with robust setae. Uropod 3 outer ramus 2 articulate, article 2 length 2.5 × width; inner ramus subequal to article 1 of outer ramus. Telson as long as broad, length 1.1 × breadth.

Distribution. New Zealand: The Snares ( Lowry & Stoddart 1983).