C0R0PH1UM BONELLH. 



497 



AMPHIPODA. 



DOMICOLA. 



COROPHIIDES. 



COROPHIUM BONELLH. 



Specific character. Superior antennae having the inner margin of the first 

 joint of the peduncle smooth. Inferior antennae scarcely half the length of 

 the animal ; penultimate joint of the peduncle having the inferior margin 

 armed with several strong spines. 



Length, 5 4 g inch. 



Corophium Bonellii. Milne Edwards, Ann. des Sc. Nat. t. xx. p. 385, 



Hist, des Crustaces, t. iii. p. 67. 



Corophium spinicorne. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 281, 



pi. xlvii. fig. 5. 



This species differs from the preceding in many points, 

 some of which may, however, prove to be sexual. For 

 a considerable time it was our belief that this was but 

 the female of the preceding species ; but not having 

 found them commonly associated has induced us, at all 

 events for the present, to describe such very different 

 forms as distinct species. 



The eyes are small and round. The superior antennae 



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