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A MP II IP ODA . VA PRELLID/E. 



ABERRANTIA. 



PROTO GOODSIRII. 

 Goodsir's Spectre Shrimp. 



Sjieclfic character. Superior antennre about one-third the length of the 

 animal. Inferior antennae about one-half the length of the superior. 

 Second pair of gnathopoda having the propodos large, arcuate above, palm 

 excavated, and armed beneath, near the base and distal extremity, with a 

 small tooth. 



Length f inch. 



Proto Gooddni. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 151. Cat. 

 Araph. Brit. Mus. p. 350, pi. Iv. fig. 2. White, Pop. 

 Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 218. 



This species is a larger and more powerful-looking 

 animal than P. pedata, from which it differs chiefly in the 

 form of the second pair of hands. 



The superior antennae are about one-third the length 

 of the animal, and the flagellum is about as long as the 

 peduncle. The inferior antennee are about half the length 

 of the superior — that is, scarcely reaching to the extremity 

 of the peduncle of the latter. The first pair of legs have 

 the hands elongate-ovate, broadest at the base, and nar- 

 rowed at the extremity ; palm very oblique, slightly con- 

 vex, minutely serrated, defined near the posterior extre- 

 mity by an obtuse tooth. The second pair of legs have 

 the hands very large, rounded above, and having the palm 



