MARINE AMPHIPODA IN MICRONESIA — BARNARD 



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Azotostonia fiista, new species 



Figures 1, 2 



Diagnosis : With the characters of the genus. 



Notes: Thhd uropod with peduncle formed into a sUght lateral 

 plate; sixth article of gnathopod 2 with 4 large curved, bifurcate 

 setae; eye large, dark, ommatidia quite large for the small head; 

 pleonal epimera with quadi'ate lower posterior corners; urosomal 

 segments strongly telescoped. 



Holotype: USNM 106797, female, 2.1 mm. 



Type locaUty: Abbott station 41-D-3, Ifaluk Atoll, Sept. 17, 1953. 



Material: Abbott stations 41-D-3 (2), 42-F-2 (2), 46-E-2 (1), 

 58-F-2 (1), 66-E-lO (1), 102-B-2 (1), 122-C-l (1). 



Distribution: Ifaluk Atoll, Caroline Islands. 



Figure 1. — Azotostonia fusta, new species, female, 2 mm., Abbott sta. 102-B-2: a, lateral 

 view; b, antenna 2; c, d, gnathopods 1, 2; e,j, pereopods 4, 5. 



Family Anamixidae 

 Genus Anamixis Stebbing 

 Anamixis falarikia, new species 



Figure 3 



Diagnosis: Head partially fused with first pereonal segment, 

 but a slightly movable articulation is present; head produced forward, 

 with a sharp tooth for a lateral lobe; antenna 1 attached to apex 

 of head, antenna 2 attached well behind lateral corner of head; 



