ACANTHONOTOZOMATIDAE 



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segments 2 and 3 produced in a short point. Telson apically notched, the lobes rather 

 sharply pointed. 



Antenna 1, 1st joint with two acute processes on inner apex; rest of antenna 1 and 

 whole of antenna 2 lost. Mandible elongate, apically subacute, secondary cutting-plate 

 in right mandible only, elongate, apically bifid, molar reduced to a small tubercle. 

 Maxilla 1, palp 2-jointed, not extending to apex of outer lobe. Maxilliped, 2nd joint 

 of palp produced along inner margin of 3rd. 



Gnathopods 1 and 2 as figured for I.pacifica, Stebb. (1888, pi. lxxi). 



Peraeopods 3-5, 2nd joint strongly expanded, the hind margin produced into three 

 strong teeth. The lateral longitudinal keel also produces a small tooth where it joins the 

 lower hind margin. 



Fig. 72. Panoploea macrocystidis, n.sp. a. General view, showing only the near-side process of the pair of 

 dorsal processes on pleon segment 2. b. Right mandible, c. Maxilla 1, with spine from outer lobe further 

 enlarged. 



Uropod 2, outer ramus three-quarters length of inner ramus. Uropod 3, rami ovate- 

 lanceolate. 



Remarks. The superficial likeness in dorsal armature to Iphimedia pacifica, Stebb., 

 and pidchridentata, Stebb., and to Panoploea jonbini,Chevr., is great; but the species really 

 resembles P. eblanae even more closely, though the absence of paired dorsal processes 

 on pleon segment 3 and the extra tooth on the 2nd joints of peraeopods 3-5 distinguishes 

 it from the latter. Compare also, P. midtidentata, Schell. 1931, p. 117, fig. 63. 



The specimen was found among kelp roots and its colour was "brown, closely 

 covered with small crimson spots. Legs broadly banded with red. Eyes bright pink". 



Panoploea excisa, n.sp. (Fig. 73). 

 Occurrence: St. MS 82. Saldanha Bay, South Africa. 1 ovig. $ 3-5 mm. 



Description. Rostrum acute, not strongly bent downwards. Eyes circular, pale 

 (as preserved). Peraeon segments all rounded dorsally, without teeth except segment 7 



DV l? 



