MICKODEUTOPUS WEB^TEKH. 



291 



AMPHIPODA. 



N ATA TORT A 



trAMMARlDES. 



3 



MICRODEUTOPUS WEBSTERII, 



Specific character. First pair of gnathopoda having the carpus without a 

 tooth, and the propodos with a tooth at the inferior angle. 

 Length ^ inch. 



Microdentopus Websterii. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 164, 



pi. xsx. fig. 2. 

 Lenibos Websterii. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. vol. xix. p. 



142, 1857. White, Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust. 



p. 180. 



The superior antennae are not quite half the length of 

 the animal. The flagellum is about the same length as 

 the peduncle. The first pair of legs have the wrist un- 

 armed, and as large as the hand, and both are thickly fur- 

 nished with long hairs upon both margins, but particularly 

 the upper ; the hand is rounded, and broadest behind 

 the palm, the inferior angle of which is produced to a 

 short stout tooth, against the apex of which the linger 

 appears to impinge within the extremity. The second 

 pair of legs have the wrists longer than the hand, and 

 both margins (especially the upper) furnished with long 



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