26 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



Squilla lijdingi Holthuis, 1959 

 Plate 6 



Squilla lijdingi Holthuis, 1959, p. 181, text-figs. 76 b-d, pi IX, figs. 



1-2. 

 Squilla brasiliensis. Manning, 1959, p. 18 (part) ; \^non Squilla brasi- 

 liensis Caiman, 1917, p. 139, figs. 1-3]. 

 Previous records: 

 Ofi Trinidad (OREGON Sta. 2207), Venezuela, British Guiana and 

 Suriname (as*S. brasiliensis^ Manning, 1959) ; Suriname (Holthuis, 

 1959). 

 Material examined: 

 OREGON Sta. 2207; 09°58'N, 61°11'W; south of Trinidad; August 



26, 1958; 20/22 fms; IS (UMML). 

 OREGON Sta. 2226; 08°32'N, 59°05'W; north of British Guiana; 



August 28, 1958; 28/33 fms; 49 ? (USNM). 

 OREGON Sta. 2231; 08°32'N, 58°42'W; north of British Guiana; 



August 29, 1958; 45/48 fms; 15, 1? (UMML). 

 OREGON Sta. 2228; 08°30'N, 58°56'W; north of British Guiana; 



August 28, 1958; 37 fms; 15, 9$ 5 (USNM). 

 OREGON Sta. 2250; 07°38'N, 57°34'W; north of British Guiana; 



August 31, 1958; 27/26 fms; 25 5 (USNM). 

 OREGON Sta. 2276; 06°42'N, 55°37'W; north of Suriname; Septem- 

 ber 3, 1958; 23/22 fms; 19 (USNM). 

 OREGON Sta. 2272; 06°30'N, 55°52'W; north of Suriname; Septem- 

 ber 3, 1958; 17 fms; 1 5 (USNM). 

 OREGON Sta. 2327; 06°26'N, 54°20'W; north of Suriname; Septem- 

 ber 15, 1958; 17 fms; 25 5, 59 9 (UMML). 

 OREGON Sta. 2306; 05°58'N, 52°24'W; north of French Guiana; 



September 11, 1958; 30/31 fms; 19 (UMML). 

 OREGON Sta. 2307A+B; 05°56-57'N, 52°20'W; north of French 

 Guiana; September 11, 1958; 31/28 fms; 8 5 5,59 9 (USNM). 

 Measurements: Males, 42.3 to 91.7 mm, total length; females, 44.3 

 to 97.3 mm, total length. 



Description: Eyes large, cornea elongate; rostral plate squarish, 

 without median carina; median carina of carapace not bifurcate an- 

 teriorly; anterolateral spine of carapace not extending past rostral base; 

 raptorial dactylus with six teeth, outer margin a simple curve; mandib- 

 ular palp present; five epipods present; lateral process of fifth thoracic 



