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3. Contributions to the Crustacean Fauna of South Africa. 

 By K. H. BARNARD, M.A., Assistant. 



(Plates XXVI.-XXVIII.) 

 5. THE AMPHIPODA. 



THE collections made by the Cape Government trawler s.s. " Pieter 

 Faure " and by members of the Museum staff have formed the bulk of 

 the material for the following report, which supplements Mr. Steb- 

 biug's reports in the " Marine Investigations." Many of the " Pieter 

 Faure " specimens were found by searching through bottles of 

 hitherto unsorted material sponges, ascidians, hydroids and the like. 



The result is a large increase in the fauna-list of South African 

 Amphipoda. The range of many known species is shown to extend 

 to South African waters, and many species are considered to be new 

 to science. In the former category the most interesting are certain 

 species which were known only from the North Atlantic, e.g. Byblis 

 gaimardii, Nicippe tumida and Epimeria cornigera. The South 

 African specimens are not, or only in minute details, distinguishable 

 from the northern specimens. It may, however, be stated that the 

 first two species above mentioned have recently been found off Cali- 

 fornia by the U.S. exploring vessel " Albatross." The Indian Ocean, 

 Australasian and Subantarctic faunal elements are also represented by 

 a number of well-known forms. 



The Amphipodau fauna of Table Mountain has been investigated 

 for. the first time, and has yielded four interesting G-ammarids. In 

 this respect the mountain streams in other districts of South Africa 

 are still quite unknown. 



Unfortunately the discussion of several species has had to be post- 

 poned owing to lack of material from other regions for direct com- 

 parison (e.g. in the genera Orclwmenopsis, Paramoera and Hyale). 

 Representatives of the families Calliopiidae and Pleustidae have also 

 been recognised among the " Pieter Faure" collection, but were too 

 badly preserved or mutilated for generic and specific determination. 



Certain species Leucothoe tniersi, Stenothoe crenulata, Paramoera 



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