AMPITHOIDAE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — BARNARD 



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gnathopod 1 in both sexes but stouter and less linear, article 5 shorter 

 than 6 and with well-developed hind lobe that is relatively stouter 

 than that of male gnathopod 2 ; antenna 2 poorly setose. 



Holotype: Allan Hancock Foundation No. 4921, male, 12.0 mm. 



Type locality: Velero station 1870, 0.2 mi. NE. of Willow Cove, 

 Santa Catalina Island, 33-22-17 N., 118-20-55 W., 21 fms., dredge, 

 kelp, Aug. 25, 1949. 



Material: Velero stations 1221 (2), 1370 (2), 1375 (1), 1381 (7), 

 1407 (1), 1453 (3), 1623 (1), 1870 (122), 1871 (44), 1924 (3), 2080 

 (13), 5369 (7), 6695 (37), 6696 (2), 6803 (15). Barnard stations 

 33 (7), 37 (1), 39-J-l (?16), 39-K-l (11). 



Figure 21. — Ampithoe tea, new species, female, 8.5 mm., sta. 1870: a, antenna \; b, c 

 gnathopod \; d, e, gnathopod 2; /, coxa 3. 



Kecords: California, intertidal: Santa Catalina Island; Coal Oil 

 Point ; Corona Del Mar. Santa Catalina Island, several localities, 1 8-37 

 fms.; near Point Conception, 2-3 fms.; off Santa Barbara, 9 fms.; 

 off Laguna Beach, 10 fms.; La Jolla, 1 fm.: 20 mUes east of Punta 

 Eugenia, Baja California, intertidal; Guadalupe Island, Baja 

 California, 25 fms. 



Relationship: This material differs from Ampithoe eoa Gurjanova 

 (1938 and 1951) by the equally broad fifth and sixth articles of 

 pereopod 5, by the development of a palmar process near the finger 



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