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Occurrence. This species is by no means rare off the coast of 

 Norway, being found in numerous places both on the south and west coasts 

 up to the Trondhjemsfjord, in moderate depths. The colour, in the living 

 animal, is very beautiful, and somewhat different from that in the other species. 



25. Cbeirocratus assimilis, (Lilljeborg). 



(PL 186, fig. 2), 



Gammarus assimilis, Lilljeborg. 0fvers. af Kgl. Svenska Yetensk. Acad. Forh. 1851, p. 23. 



Syn : Cheirocratus mantis, Norman. 



Body comparatively slender, resembling that in the last described 

 species, urosome armed in the usual manner. Cephalon about the length of 

 the first 2 segments of mesosome combined, lateral corners somewhat less 







produced than in C. mtermedius, postantennal ones, on the other hand, greatly 



projecting and acuminate. Coxal plates about as in that species. Last pair 



of epimeral plates of metasome produced at the lateral corners to a rather 



short acute projection. Eyes somewhat larger than in C. intermedins, otherwise 



of the usual appearance. Superior antennae not extending to the end of the 



peduncle of the inferior ones, flagellum about the length of the peduncle. 



Anterior gnathopoda with the propodos shorter than the carpus. Posterior 



gnathopoda in male very much elongated, propodos rather large, gradually 



widening distally, and clothed on both edges with fascicles of short bristles, 



palm much shorter than the hind margin, and defined below by an acuminate 



projection bearing at the base a slender spine, palmar edge scarcely setous, 



but divided into 3 dentiform projections, the anterior of which is rather 



prominent, and minutely trilobate at the tip, dactylus extremely strong, 



expanded in the middle and falciform, impinging when closed against the 



projection defining the palm below. Posterior pairs of pereiopoda in male 



rather strongly built, last pair much longer than the preceding pairs, and 



having the joints broad and compressed. Last pair of uropoda exceeding in 



length the urosome, rami rather broad and twice as long as the basal part, 



being edged with slender spines. Telson much broader than it is long, cleft 



rather wide, terminal lobes comparatively broad, and each armed at the tip 



with only 3 spines, the second of which is somewhat longer than the 



other Body pale yellow, mottled with small red spots. Length of 



adult male reaching 13 mm. 



This form was first described by Prof. Lilljeborg as 

 Gammarus r/.s>-/w/7/.v, on account of its near relationship to Gammarus Snnde- 



