CAPRELLA ACANTHIFERA. 



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AM PHI POD A. 



ABERRANT^. 



CAPRELLIDM. 



CAPRELLA ACANTHIFERA. 

 (Skull-headed Skeleton Shrimp.) 



Specific character. Cephalon posteriorly and dorsally vaulted. First seg- 

 ment of the pereion short ; second, third, and fourth subequally long, sur- 

 mounted by three large dorsal tubercles ; fifth, sixth, and seventh segments 

 short, each surmounted by two sublateral parallel tubercles. Second pair of 

 gnathopoda having the propodos large in the male, rounded above and very 

 concave below, the palm defined by a prominent tooth ; in the female the 

 palm is slightly convex and the dorsal tubercles are less prominent. 



Length 5 8 5 of an inch in the male, and 5 7 5 in the female. 



Puce de mer arpenteuse. DE QUERONIC, Mem. Math, et Physiq. Acad. Sci. 



Paris, t. ix. p. 329, fig. A B. 



LEACH, Edin. Ency. vii. p. 404 (not of Johnston 

 and Couch). W. THOMPSON, Ann. Nat. Hist, 

 xx. p. 245. WHITE, Cat. Brit. Crust, p. 60. 

 Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 215. 

 SPENCE BATE, Cat. Amph. Crust. Brit. Mus. p. 

 359, pi. Ivi. fig. 11. 



Caprella acantliifera. 



Caprella, calva. 

 VOL. II. 



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