502 CHELURIID^. 



AMPHIPODA. CHELURIDyE. 



DOMICOU. 



Genus— CHELURA. 



Cheliira. Philippi in Wiegmann's Archiv. 1839, and Ann. Nat. Hist 



iv. pi. iii. fig. 6. Allman, Ann. Nat. Hist. xix. p. 361. 



White, Cat. Crust, p. 56. Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 202 

 pi. xi. fig. 2. GossE, Mar. Zool. i. p. 138. Spence Bate, 



Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. vol. xix. p. 149. Cat. Amph. Biit. 

 Mus. p. 285. 



Nemertes. "White, Cat. Crust. Brit. Mus. 1847. 



Generic character. Superior antennse short, having a multi- 

 articulate flagellum - and a secondary appendage. Inferior 

 antenn£e longer than the superior; very robust; flagellum 

 uniarticulate. Mandibles having an appendage. Third sia- 

 gonopodos unguiculate. Gnathopoda chelate, subequal. Perei- 

 opoda short, subequal. Ante- and penultimate pairs of 

 pleopoda biramous, and closely associated ; ultimate pair 

 unibranched. Telson single. 



In this genus the eyes are round. The superior 

 antennae are shorter than the inferior; they terminate 

 in a multi-articulate flagellum, and bear a secondary- 

 appendage. The inferior antennae are strong and have 

 a uni-articulate flagellum of great size and strength. 

 The mandibles are furnished with a three-jointed ap- 

 pendage. . The maxillipedes terminate in a sharp finger. 

 The first two pairs of legs have chelate hands. The 

 coxae are short ; the legs are also short and strong. The 

 ante- and penultimate pairs of caudal appendages are 

 biramous, and closely associated in their position ; the 

 ultimate pair are single-branched, and the telson is single 

 and squamiform. 



This genus was first described by Philippi from speci- 

 mens which he procured from the dockyards of Trieste, 



