GAMMARIDEAN AMPHIPODA 85 



JUristes Dana 



Vristes (?) perspinis, new species 



Figures 39-41 



Diagnosis. — Eyes absent; lateral cephalic lobes strongly projecting 

 and extended ventrally to cover base of antenna 2; articles 2 and 3 

 of antenna 1 nearly completely telescoped and very short; epistome 

 and upper lip small, scarcely distinct from one another but upper 

 lip projecting slightly more than epistome; coxa 1 slightly smaller 

 than coxa 2, tapering distally ; article 5 of gnathopod 1 slightly longer 

 than article 6, palm very oblique, minutely serrate, defined by two 



Figure 39. — Uristes (?) perspinis, new species, holotype, female, 3.0 mm, 7229: a, lateral 

 aspect; b,c, gnathopods 1,2; d, antenna 1; e, head with epistome-labrum complex below; 

 /, pleonal epimera 1-3, left to right; g, pereopod 5. 



