COROPHIUM BONELLIT. 



AMPHrPODA. 



DOMICOLA. 



497 



COROPHIIDES. 



CoropMum Bonellii. 

 Corophuim spinicorne. 



COROPHIUM BONELLII. 



Specific character. Superior antennte Laving the inner margin of the first 

 joint of the peduncle smooth. Inferior antenna scarcely half the length of 

 the animal ; penultimate joint of the peduncle having the inferior margin 

 armed with several strong spines. 



Length, ^^g inch. 



Milne Edwards, Ann. des Sc. Nat. t. xx. p. 885, 

 Hist, des Crustaces, t. iii. p. 67. 



Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 281, 

 pi. xlvii. fig. 5. 



This species differs from the preceding in many points, 

 some of which may, however, prove to be sexuaL For 

 a considerable time it was our belief that this was but 

 the female of the preceding species ; but not having 

 found them commonly associated has induced us, at all 

 events for the present, to describe such very different 

 forms as distinct species. 



The eyes arc small and round. The superior antennae 



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