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Figure 4 



Partial sequence for the mitochondrial 16s rRNA gene. Sequences for Homarus 

 americanus (Ha), H. gammarus (Hg), and Homarinus capensis (He) have been 

 deposited with GenBank Accession Numbers U11238, U11246, and U11247 

 respectively. Dots indicate nucleotides identical with Ha; letters indicate nucle- 

 otide substitutions at the homologous sites. Sites marked 'n' have unresolved 

 nucleotides. 



ing form -inus, resembling. The gen- 

 der is masculine. 



Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 

 1 792), new combination 



Synonymy— Holthuis (1986:243, fig. 

 1) gave an exhaustive synonymy for 

 Homarus capensis, and a later 

 (1991:59) less inclusive account. 

 These treatments are so recent and 

 readily available that reiteration 

 here would be unnecessarily redun- 

 dant. Succeeding reference to the 

 species follows. 



Homarus capensis. — Kado, Kittaka, 

 Hayakawa and Pollock, 1994:72, 

 figs. 2, 3, 4. 



followed by row of intermittent noncrushing moder- 

 ate conical teeth with 4-6 smaller ones in intervals 

 between them; minor chela with latter pattern of 

 noncrushing teeth on cutting edge of each finger; tips 

 of fingers on each chela curved toward each other 

 and crossing. 



Carpus of major chela elongate; anterior margin 

 with two prominent spines and smaller ones between, 

 palmar condyle subcircular and flattened, with sug- 

 gestion of spines or tubercles on its anteromesial 

 margin; dorsomesial margin strongly tuberculate and 

 partly obscured by setae; shorter dorsolateral mar- 

 gin also tuberculate but less prominently so; strong 

 low spines on mesioventral margin. Merus bearing 

 subdistal anterolateral spine, well-separated sharp 

 tubercles on mesiodorsal margin, and mesioventral 

 row of fairly uniform small tubercles. 



Minor chela with similar but less developed orna- 

 mentation; merus with acute spines and spiniform 

 tubercles. 



Etymology — The name Homarinus is derived from 

 French homard, lobster, and the adjectival combin- 



Material — Cape Province, South Af- 

 rica. USNM 251451. 16, East Lon- 

 don?, R. Melville-Smith, 92-RMS-O, 

 Nov 1992, regurg., dismembered, 

 carapace length (cl) 26.5 mm, short 

 carapace length (scl) 21 mm, abdo- 

 men length (abdl) 33.0 mm. USNM 

 251452. 1 6 , southwest Dassen Island 

 [33°26'S, 18°05'E], regurgitated from 

 Sebastichthys capensis, badly crushed 

 and partly dismembered, R.S. Steneck, 

 92-D-2, 1 Dec 1992, cl 32 mm, scl 

 25.5 mm. USNM 251453. 19, Still 

 Bay [34°23'S, 21°27'E], dismembered, R. Melville- 

 Smith, RMS7, abdl 45 mm. USNM 251454. 1 9 , Still 

 Bay, regurg., R. Melville-Smith, RMS8, 5 mm, abdl 

 47 mm. 



Additional specimens reported to us by R. Melville- 

 Smith, Sea Fisheries Institute, Cape Town: 1 6 , North 

 Dassen Island, tide pool, RSS, 92-D-l, 3 Feb 1992; 

 19 . Port Alfred, RMS 1; 18, Houghham Park, Algoa 

 Bay; 1 8 , Dassen Island, west side, RMS 3; 1 6 , Cape 

 St. Francis, RMS 4; 18, Cintsa Reef, East London, 

 RMS 5; 1 6 , Sunday's River mouth, RMS 6; 2 6 , Cape 

 St. Francis, RMS 9 and 10; 1 9 , Haga Haga, Transkei 

 coast, RMS 11. 



Description — As for genus with addition of the fol- 

 lowing details. 



Abdominal pleura well developed, with rounded 

 angles; pleuron of segment 1 small; pleuron of seg- 

 ment 2 broad, overlapping first and third pleura; 

 pleura 3^t-5 with antero ventral angle rounded, pos- 

 terolateral angle subrectangular; pleuron of segment 

 6 rounded ventrally, posterolateral angle rounded 

 and confluent with anterolateral angle of telson. 



