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Brief Summary

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Type data: type lost. Type locality: Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands).
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Distribution

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Western Indian Ocean to New Caledonia, Ogasawara Islands, Marshall Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island, Juan Fernández Islands, and Lord Howe Rise, south of Ball?s Pyramid.; intertidal to 160 m (Baba 2005).
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Identification Resources

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Delta keys for squat lobsters, including Phylladiorhynchus integrirostris are available at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/squatlobster/delta/deltakey.htm
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Diagnostic Description

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Carapace, with 2 epigastric spines. Rostrum, lateral margins convex, with very small or obsolete subterminal lateral spines. Dactylus of walking legs with 4-6 ventral marginal spines (usually 5), or with 6-9 ventral marginal spines (usually 7-8). Sternite 3 anterior margin with blunt median process, without acute lateral processes.
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