Panoploea 213 



Body stoiit. Peraeon segment 7, pleon segments 1 — 3 dorsally produced 

 into 11 pair of stroug- teeth, pleon segments 1 — 3 also armed witli a medio- 

 dorsal carina-tootb. Rostrum flat above, narrow, reacbing end of 1^* Joint of 

 aiitenna 1. Side-plates 1 — 3 pointed below, 4*^^ witb 2 emarginations, 5^ii— 7**^ 

 witb a backward directed point. Pleon segments 2 and 3, postero-lateral corners 

 acute, segments 1 — 3 with a medio-lateral tootb, in segment 3 all the teeth ratber 

 upturned. Eyes subreniform, bright red. Antenna 1, 1*** Joint longer tban 2^ and 

 3^ combined, produced into 2 strong unequal apical teeth, 2^ produced into 1 

 apical tooth, flagellum louger tban peduncle, 16-joiuted. Antenna 2 ratber 

 louger, ultimate audpenultimate joints of peduncle subequal, flagellum 20-jointed. 

 Upper lip figured by Della Valle witb truncate apex. Mandible, accessory 

 plate doubtfully free, 2*^ Joint of palp mucb tbe longest (as figured). Maxiila 1, 

 palp very small, joints ecjual, inner plate with only 4 setae (Della Valle). 

 Gnatbopod 1 very sleuder, 5^^ Joint longer tban 6*^, cbela . very delicate 

 with 7 setae. Gnatbopod 2 stronger, 5*^ Joint subequal to 6*^, which widens 

 distally and at apex is produced into a rounded lobe against which the 

 small finger impinges more or less chelately, bind margin fringed with 

 setules. Peraeopods 1 — 5, 6^^ Joint spinöse, finger strong. Peraeopods 3 — 5, 

 2^ Joint quadrate, produced above into a strong tooth, lower bind angle 

 acute, üropod 1, rami as long as peduncle, uropod 2, rami ratber shorter than 

 peduncle, uropod 3, rami much longer tban peduncle. Telson short, boat- 

 shaped, apex emarginate. Colour variable, pinkisb-white, witb ti'ansverse 

 bands of orange spots (Grube), sometimes entirely orange-yellow (Della Yalle). 

 L. about 7 mm. 



Xorth-Atlantic (IrelancI), Mediterranean. Depth 50 m, on coralline bottoms; 

 also from Rhizostoma cuvieri Per. «& Les. 



'6. P. minuta (O. Sars) 1874 Iphimedia eblanae var., T. Stebbing in: Anu. 

 uat. Hist., ser. 4 r. 14 p. 11 t. 2 f. 4 | 1882 I. minuta, G. 0. Sars in: Forh. Selsk. Christian., 

 nr.l8 p.lOO t. 5 f. 2 | 1893 I. m., G. 0. Sars, Crust. Norway, v.l p.379 t.l33 f. 1 1 1893 

 /. obesa (part.), A. Della Valle in: F. Fl. Neapel, v, 20 p. 584. 



Peraeon segment 7, pleon segments 1 — 3 dorsally produced into a 

 pair of strong teeth, with no medio-dorsal tootb. Rostrum strongly curved, 

 about reacbing apex of 1^*^ Joint of antenna 1. Side-plates 1 — 4 as in P, eblanae, 

 b^^ and 6*'^ subtruncate ob bind lobe, 7^^ rounded. Pleon segments 2 and 3 as in 

 P. eblanae. Eyes large, reuiform, dark red. Antenna 1, 1^* Joint produced to 

 apical tootb not very large or acute, flagellum about twice as long as peduncle. 

 Gnatbopod 1. 5^^^ Joint subequal to ö^^^, cbela very delicate, witb a few setae. 

 Gnatbopod 2, 6^*^ Joint produced so as to make an almost perfect cbela. Peraeo- 

 pods 3 — 5, bind margin of 2*^ Joint rounded above, not produced into a 

 tootb, quadrate below, and in peraeopod 5 sharply produced, 4*^^ Joint decurrent. 

 üropod 3, inner ramus considerably longer tban outer. Telson oblong 

 quadrangular, scarcely tapering, broadly and angularly emarginate between 

 acute apical points. Colour variable with bright bands, or dai'k browu 

 shadows, or nearly black. L. 9 5 — 6 mm. 



North - Atlantic, North -Sea and Skagerrak (South- and West-Norway, British 

 Isles); Mediterraiiean. 



F. ambigua (Hasw.) 1880 Iphimedia'^ a., Haswell in: P. Linn. See. N.S.Wales, 

 f. 4 p. 327 t.24 f. 2 | 1893 I. obesa (part.), A. DellaValle in: F. Fl. Neapel, f.20 p.584. 



Intermediate between P. eblanae and P. minuta. 



L. 25 — 3-75 mm. 



Port .Jackson [East-Australia]. ' 



