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than peduncle. Branchial vesicles large, even on peraeopod 5 well developed. 

 Uropods 1 and 2 with numerous spiiies aud setae on peduncles, rami 

 carinate and spinulose. üropod 3, peduncle unarmed, rarai lanceolate, not 

 carinate. L. 22 mm. 



Tropical-Atlantic (Pernambiico). Deptli 1234 m. 



8. Gen. Andaniotes Stebb. 



1897 Andaniotes (Sp. un. : A. corpiüentus), T. Stebbing in : Tr. Linn. Soc. London, 

 ser. 2 v.l p. 30 | 1897 Andaniodes, J.V. Carus in: Zool. Anz., ßibliogr. v.2 p. 622. 



Side-plate 4 slightly deeper than broad, overlapping 5*'' and part of 6*''. 



Peraeon segment 1 subequal to 2^ and 3*^ combined. Pleon segment 6 longer 



than 4*^1 or 5*\ Eyes wanting. Antennae subequal. Antenna 1, P* Joint of 



peduncle very thick, longer than 2*^ and 3*^ combined, flagellum slender, with 



4 joints, 1^* longer than 1^* of peduncle, 4^*^ spiniform; accessory flagellum very 



small, 1-jointed. Antenna 2, ultimate Joint of peduncle shorter than penultimate, 



flagellum short. Epistome slightly carinate. Upper lip broader than deep, 



faintly emarginate. Lower lip, lobes naiTow, very widely dehiscent. with 



minute upright spine at apex. Mandible (Fig. 21), cutting edge straight, 



smooth, rather broad, tooth-like secondary plate on left mandible. Maxilla 1, 



^___^— -v-^ inner plate with 7 — 11 plumose setae, outer with 9 spines, 



/^y^ ^1 palp 1-jointed, with 7 spines. Maxilla 2, inner plate broad, 



L -.==i==i:::>— ^ denseiy fringed with spines and plumose setae, outer naiTow, 



Fig 21 ^^^ ^ setae. Maxillipeds, inner plates very broad, with 3 spine- 



A. corpuientus. teeth but not mauy setae, outer not nearly reaching end of 



Left mandible. palp's 2*^ joiut, friuged with Short spines. Gnathopod 1, 



2*^ Joint broad, especially in d, 6*^ abruptly narrowed distally, rather shorter 



and a good deal narrower than the 5^''. Gnathopod 2 slender throughout, 



3^ Joint elongate, 5*^^ and 6*^ joints subequal, 6*^ narrowly oval. Peraeo- 



pods 1 — 5, 4*^ Joint decurrent. Peraeopod 4, 2'^ Joint oblong, not very 



widely expanded. Peraeopod 5, 2*^ Joint very broadly oval, as long as rest 



of limb. üropod 1 — 3 in d, peduncle robust, rami very short; uropod 1, outer 



ramus thick, inner thin; uropod 3, rami minute, outer 2-jointed, nearly twice 



as long as inner. In the o uropods 1 — 3, peduncle less robust, rami all slender, 



in uropod 3 subequal, nearly as long as peduncle. Telson oval, cleft nearly 



to middle. 



1 species. 



1. A. oorpulentus (G. M. Thoms.) 1882 Anonyx c, Gr. M. Thomson in: Tr. N. 

 Zealand Inst., ?). 14 p. 231 t. 17 f. la— f ] 1897 Andaniotes c, T. Stebbing in: Tr. Linn. 

 Soc. London, ser. 2 v.l p. 31 t. 8 j 1888 Andania abyssorum, T. Stebbing in: Rep.Yoy. 

 Challenger, v. 29 p. 739 t. 37 | 1893 Stegocephalus a., A. DellaValle in: F. Fl. Neapel, 

 ».20 p. 629. 



Head with small rostrum, lateral corners rounded, sides produced downward. 

 Pleon segment 3, lateral angles narrowly rounded, dorsum beut, in ö distally 

 furnished with 2 small humps; segment 6 doubly ridged. Antenna 2, flagellum 

 with 8 joints. Apical narrowing of 6**^ Joint of gnathopod 1 more abrupt in Q 

 than in (S ; gnathopods 1 and 2 are furnished with various spines and setae, many 

 serrate or plumose. Peraeopod 3, 2<^ Joint scarcely perceptibly dilated. The 

 sexual Variation in the uropods is very marked. L. 7 mm. 



South-Pacific (New Zealand). Depths 2012 (Challenger Exp.), 15 m (ö. M. 

 Thomson). 



