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  • cirri: nape - 1 pair bunches, eye - 1 simple
    D: no notch
    LL: 2 overlapping sections
    large canine at rear bottom jaw
    gill opening wide, not restricted to side
  • simple cirri: 1-10 over eye, 1 on nape
    D: deep notch after spines
    snout rounded, overhanging
    side top lip wrinkled
  • eye: 1 branched cirrus
    D: notch behind spines
    1 large canine: rear of both jaws
    gill opening restricted to side
    pelvic I, 3
  • eye: 1 branched cirrus
    D: XI-XIII, small notch after spines
    rear of jaws - no canines
    gill opening restricted to side
  • eye: 1 unbranched cirrus
    D: no notch after spines
    1 canine rear of both jaws
    gill opening wide, not restricted to side
  • eye: 1 branched cirrus; groove on side head
    D: VIII-IX no notch
    no canine teeth
    gill opening restricted to side
  • cirri: eye - 1 branched, nape - 1 pair clusters
    D shallow notch
    LL: complete, bent
    no canines
    gill opening not restricted to side