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CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



posed of a single joint one-half as long as fourth joint of 

 peduncle. 



Alaxillipeds with triarticulate palp. , 



Fig. 71. Edotea moniosa. 



Third and fourth thoracic segments longer and wider than 

 any of the others. Epimera firmly united with their respective 

 segments but demarcated by a slight linear depression, with 

 rounded margins. 



Legs all prehensile ; first pair much shorter than the other six. 



Abdomen composed of a single segment which represents two 

 coalesced as shown by lateral incisions at the base of the abdomen 

 and a slight depression extending inwards a short distance on 

 either side; dorsal surface with a depression just behind the level 

 of the lateral incisions and another one near the extremity sepa- 

 rating ofT the small terminal point from the large median eleva- 

 tion; sides of abdomen converging to a triangular apex. 



Length 9 mm. 



Distribution : Block Island Sound ; Long Island Sound ; Vine- 

 yard Sound ; Eastport, Maine ; Georges Bank ; Stellwagens Bank ; 

 Casco Bay; Bay of Fundy; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Grand Manan. 



The species occurs in mud and fine sand at depths of from 8 



