COPEPODS OF THE WOODS HOLE REGION 



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with two equal apical spines; exopod elongate, acuminate, curved 

 strongly inward, with three small spinules on the outer margin. 

 Total length, 4.8 mm. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Remarks. — This species may be identified by the large left lobe 

 of the fifth segment, the asymmetry of the genital segment and 

 caudal rami, and the long and strongly curved exopods of the fifth 

 legs. This is the first record of the species from our American 

 shores. 



PONTELLA MEADII Wheeler 



Figure 104 



Pontella meadii Wheeler, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. 1899, vol. 19, p. 180, fig. 17, 



1900. 



Occurrence. — A male and a female in surface tow by Rathbun, 



Vineyard Sound, August, 1881 ; 50 males and females in surface tow 



in Great Harbor, Woods Hole, by V. N. Edwards, September, 1887. 



Figure 104. — Pontella meadii: a, Male, dorsal ; h, female, dorsal ; c, male, 

 right first antenna; d, male, fifth legs; e, female, fifth leg. (From W. M. 

 Wheeler) 



Distrihution. — Bureau of Fisheries wharf. Woods Hole (Wheeler, 

 Fish) ; Chesapeake Bay (Wilson). 



Color. — Body dark bluish green, especially on the head, the abdo- 

 men, and along the edges of the cephalothorax ; dorsal portions of 

 head silvery white, more or less washed with green, and along the 



