PROTELLA PHASMA. 



AMPniPODA. 



ABERRANTJA. 



45 



CAPRELLID^. 



PROTELLA PHASMA. 

 Montayu's Skeleton Shrimp. 



Sjierijic character. Ceplialon, without a rostrum, dorsally armed \^'ith a 

 strong spine, originating in tbe posterior margin and directed upwards and 

 forwards. First segment of the pereion dorsally and posteriorly armed with 

 a strong tooth ; second segment similarly armed with a pair near the middle, 

 and one near the posterior margin. 



Length rather more than half an inch. 



Cancer phasma. 



CapreJIa 2)Jiasma. 

 Caprella pliasma. 



uEfjvna longhpina. 

 ProtcUa lonr/igpina. 



Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. \-ii. p. 60, pi. vi. 



fig. 3. 

 Lamarck, Syst. des An. sans Vert. v. p. 174. 

 Latkeille, Encyc. Met. p. 336, fig. 37. 



Leach, Edin. Encyc. vii. p. 404. Enc. Brit. 



Suppl. 1, p. 426. Samouelle, Ent. Comp. 



p. 105. Desmarest, Consid. sur Crust. 



p. 278. Milne Edwards, Hist, des Crust. 



iii. p. 108. White, Cat. Crust. Brit. Mus. 



1S47. Cat. Brit. Mus. 1850, p. 60. Pop. 



Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 216. Fleming in Edin. 



Phil. Journ. viii. p. 297. Johnston in Lou- 

 don's Mag, Nat. Hist. viii. p. 669. Rathke, 



Nov, Act. XX. p. 95. CrossE, Mar. Zool. p. 223. 



R. Q. Couch, Rep. Penzance, N. H. Soc. 



1852, p. 96. 

 Kroyer, Nat. Tidsk. 2 ser. i, p. 476, 1844-6, 

 Spence Bate, Ann, Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. 



p. 151. 



