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examined from the African coasts and the American coasts, respectively. There are a
number of advantages to separating the 2 geographical forms as distinct species and we
have utilized the senior available synonym, C. velificatus (DE OLIVEIRA, 1947), to refer
to the Atlantic population; in our view C. furcatus s.s. should be restricted in application
to the Indian and Pacific populations, the original specimens of C. furcatus (DANA)
having been collected in straits (Selat Bangka) between the islands of Bangka and Sumatra.
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Fig. 6. Centropages furcatus: a male, fifth pair of legs, posterior; b female, fifth tJ;lOracic segment
and genital segment, dorsal; specimens from Gulf of Panama off Panama City. C. velificatus: c male,
fifth pair of legs, posterior; d female, fifth thoracic segment and genital segment, dorsal; specimens
from Gulf of Mexico off Galveston, Texas. Temora, males: e stylifera, thorax and abdomen, dorsal;
f discaudata, thorax and abdomen, dorsal. Temora, females: g stylifera, dorsal; h - j discaudata,
dorsal, i and j showing variation in the furca. T. stylifera specimens from Caribbean Sea off Colon,
Panama; T. discaudata specimens from Gulf of Panama off Punta Mala f, h; Mombasa Harbor,
Kenya i; and Manila Bay, Philippines j