GAMMARIDAE 211 



Antenna i, flagellum about 55-jointed, every alternate joint expanded and bearing 

 sensory filaments. 



Gnathopods 1 and 2 nearly similar, 5th joint shorter than 6th, not wider and not cup- 

 shaped, 6th oblong, longer in gnathopod 2, palm oblique, straight, defined by two stout 

 spines, hind margin setose. 



Peraeopods 3-5, 2nd joint oblong, hind margin nearly straight in peraeopod 3, 

 straight in peraeopod 4 and slightly concave in peraeopod 5, finely serrulate, postero- 

 inferior corners rounded, 6th with five groups of spines on anterior margin, four on 

 posterior margin. 



Uropod 3, rami longer than peduncle, subequal, lanceolate, apically acute, margins 

 with fairly closely set spinules, outer margin of outer ramus with six pairs of stouter 

 spinules. 



Fig. 129. Paramoera bidentata, n.sp. a. Head. b. Pleon segments 1-4. 

 c. Dorsal view of tooth on segment 2. d. Telson. 



Remarks. Similar to edouardi as regards integument, telson, and pleon segment 3, 

 but separated by the head, dentate pleon segments 1 and 2, broader gnathopods, and 

 oblong 2nd joints of peraeopods 3-5. 



Although not represented in the Discovery collection, it is convenient to describe 

 this species alongside other species of the genus. 



Stebbing, 1906, pp. 364, 729. 

 Schellenberg, 1926, p. 363. 



Stebbing, 1906, pp. 421, 732. 

 Barnard, 1916, p. 189. 



Family GAMMARIDAE 



Genus Melita, Leach. 



Melita subchelata, Schell. (Fig. 130). 



Schellenberg, 1925, p. 153 {fresnelii, var. subchelata). 

 Occurrence: St. WS Walvis Bay. 10 $$ 7-10 mm., from stomach of Trigla capensis. 



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