282 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



The genus Iphinoe is apparently richest in species round the coasts of Africa. Of the seventeen so 

 far described 1 the following occur on the west or south African coasts: zimmeri Stebbing, robusta 

 Hansen, brevipes Hansen, africana Zimmer, crassipes Hansen, hupferi Zimmer, brevidactyla Hale and 

 truncata Hale (Hale, 1953 a), and fagei sp.n. described below. J. trispinosa (Goodsir), inermis G. O. 

 Sars, tenella G. O. Sars, and serrata Norman are found in the Mediterranean and north-west Euro- 

 pean waters, and trispinosa and tenella have been taken off the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Fage, 1928). 

 Only /. sanguined Kemp from the Chilka Lake, macrobrachium Caiman (possibly identical with 

 I. crassipes) from the Gulf of Manaar, calmani Fage (Fage, 1945) from Assam, and pellucida Hale 

 (Hale, 1944) from Tasmania and New South Wales have not been found near the African continent. 

 It is probable, however, that further work will show the genus to be more widely spread in southern 

 Asiatic waters also. Three species, /. crassipes, brevipes and tenella, have recently been reported from 

 the coast of Travancore (Kurien, 1951). 



Table 1. Stations arranged from North to South, but not according to date 



There is evidently a succession of species from north to south among the Cumacea present in this 

 collection (Table 1). Bodotria glabra occurred only at the most northerly stations at which Cumacea 

 were caught, at 19 44' S, 12 40' E and 20 11' S, 12 30' E. Iphinoe africana also occurred at these 

 stations and as far south as 25 11' S, 14 39' E. /. fagei was found from 22 44' S, 14 08' E to 

 25 36' S, 14 24' E. Upselaspis caparti was found only in the area of Walvis Bay, 22 44' S, 14 08' E., 

 near to its original location reported by Fage. Diastylis rufescens was found only at the most southerly 

 station, 28 40' S, 16 14' E, and it occurred in almost the same locality 8 months later. 



Forsman (1938) described the stages in the life-history of Diastylis rathkei (Kroyer). The larger 

 collections from the Benguela Current offer an abundant material for a study of this kind. I hope at a 

 later date to compare the two Iphinoe species from this point of view with some other members of the 

 genus in British waters. 



SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT 

 Family Bodotriidae 

 Genus Bodotria Goodsir, 1843 

 Bodotria glabra sp.n. (Figs. 1 and 2). 

 Occurrence : 



St. WS 970, 100-0 m., 2$? (1 ovig.), 5 juv., night station. 

 St. WS 971, 100-0 m., 1 ovig. $, 1 juv., night station. 



Ovigerous female. Length 4-5 mm. Carapace about twice as long as high, \\ as long as broad; 

 antero-lateral angle (antennal tooth) prominent and acute ; dorsal carina faintly marked on carapace 

 and pedigerous somites ; lateral carinae slightly developed on each side of carapace, but not reaching 

 to the posterior border; eye prominent, with lenses. 



1 Refer to Zimmer, 1942, except where other references are inserted. 



