GAMMARIDEAN AMPHIPODA 209 



Material of P. depressa. — carmel: algae below water, rare. 

 cayucos: Phyllospadix-pelx etiid grid, scarce (17 per sq.m.) ; Macrocystis 

 holdfast, rare; shell fragments, rare, la jolla: Phyllospadix-coralline 

 grid, rare; underrock grid, rare; coralline algae, rare, coos bay, 

 Oregon, "Velero" station 1489 (1 specimen). 



Material of P. platypa. — la jolla: Phyllospadix-coroWme grid, 

 rare, catalina island: "Velero" stations 1407 and 1871, 25-45 fm., 

 16 specimens, santa Barbara island: "Velero" stations 1409 and 

 2280, 26-60 fm., 3 specimens. 



Pleustes sp. 



Material. — carmel: algae below water, scarce. 



Podoceridae 



Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana) 



Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana) : J. L. Barnard, 1962a, p. 67, fig. 30 (with synonymy) ; 

 1964a, pp. 245-246. 



Material. — carmel: Phyllospadix roots, rare; tunicates and 

 sponges, rare, cayucos: buried cobbles, rare; Macrocystis holdfast, 

 rare; sponge, rare, hazard canyon: Egregia-Laminaria holdfasts, 

 scarce; hydroid, rare; sponge, scarce, goleta: Macrocystis holdfast, 

 3 m., rare; submerged rock, 8 m., abundant; submerged log, 8 m., 

 rare. pt. dume: coralline algae, rare (9 per sq. m.). corona del mar: 

 Phyllospadix-pelvetud grid, rare; loose rocks, rare; Spheciospongia sp., 

 rare. 



Distribution. — Cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate 

 seas, with northern record in eastern Pacific Ocean here at Carmel, 

 California; occurring to maximum depth of 12 m. in southern 

 California. 



Figure 58. — Pleustes platypa Barnard and Given, P. depressa Alderman, Paraphoxus 

 heterocuspidatus J. L. Barnard, and Lembos macromanus (Shoemaker). Pleustes platypa, 

 female, 6.0 mm., '"Velero" station 1871: a, head; b, pereonites 4-7 and pleonites 1-3, 

 lateral, left to right. Pleustes depressa, female, 8.5 mm., "Velero" station 1489: c, head; 

 d, pereonites 4-7 and pleonites 1-3, lateral, left to right. Paraphoxus heterocuspidatus, 

 female, 5.2 mm., station 39-H-2: e,f,g, pereopods 3, 4, 5. Lembos macromanus, male, 

 8.0 mm., station 43-B-3: k,i, gnathopods 1, 2, minus setae. Female, 11.0 mm., "Velero" 

 station 1453: ;,&, gnathopods 1, 2, minus setae. Male, 10.0 mm., "Velero" station 1453: 

 l,m, gnathopods 1, 2, minus setae. Male, 9.0 mm., Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California: 

 n, gnathopod 1, minus setae. 



