74 CAPRELLID®. 
AMPHIPODA. CAPRELLIDA. 
ABERRANTIA. 
CAPRELLA SPINULATA. 
Specific character. ‘‘ Long and slender ; head deeper than the other 
annulations. Head without a spine, but all the other annulations with one 
or more dorsal spines.” 
Caprella spinulata. R. Q. Coucn, in Report Penzance Nat. Hist. Soc. 1852, 
p. 98. 
‘¢ Lona and slender. The head is larger than the next 
articulation, and without a spine; the occipital articula- 
tion with a spine near its posterior margin ; and there is 
one on the next ring above the branchiz. There are 
two on the third, one above the branchiz, one near its 
posterior margin, and one in the centre of each of the 
others. Superior antennz as long as the body; basal 
joint small; the second about four times as long as wide; 
the third long and slender, and slightly enlarged towards 
its distal extremity, the last multi-articulate and ciliated. 
The inferior antennz much smaller than the others. At 
the lower part of the head two pedi-palpi, small and 
bifid at their extremities. The hand very large; move- 
able joint long, slender, and hooked, and at its point, 
when bent, touches a spine on the hand.” 
Taken by Mr. R. Q. Couch (whose recent death we 
have to deplore) in a pool among conferve, Lariggan 
Rocks, Mount’s Bay, Cornwall, from whose description 
in the work above quoted we make this extract, regret- 
ting that we are unable to give a representation of this 
species. 
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