No. 26.] 



ARTHROSTRACA OF CONNECTICUT. 



uropods ; gills with a tinge of rose color This species 



swims in an irregular, jerky manner and after swimming but a 

 short distance suddenly stops, flexes the body, and drops to the 

 bottom. Its motions in the water resemble those of the ostracod, 

 Cypris." 



Length 2 mm. 



Distribution: Woods Hole, Massachusetts; Long Island 

 Sound. 



Holmes obtained this species in material secured from piles 

 at Woods Hole in September and also among masses of Pennaria. 



Stenothoe minuta Holmes. 



Fig. 15. Stenotiioc viinuta. 

 Stenothoe minuta, Holmes, Amer. Naturalist, vol. 37, 



Stenothoe minuta, Holmes, Bull. Bur, Fish., vol. 24, 



1903. 

 p. 278. 

 1905. 



p. 485- 



Eyes round. 



Antennae subequal in length and a little over one-half as long 

 as body; first joint of first pair very much thicker than second 

 and nearly as long as second and third ; flagellum slender, about 

 twelve-jointed. Second antennse with last two joints of peduncle 

 of nearly equal length; flagellum with somewhat fewer joints 

 than first pair. 

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