ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN PYCNOGONIDA—HEDGPETH 26] 
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Ficure 45.—Eurycyde raphiaster Loman: a, Dorsal view; 6, lateral view (posterior end 
tilted away from field); c, tarsus and propodus. 
esses on the first coxae have a long spine projecting dorsally, which 
is not present in the Cape Verde specimen. These differences are 
probably sexual. 
Genus EPHYROGYMNA ® Hedgpeth, 1943 
Chelifore 3-jointed, subchelate. Palpi with four well-marked basal 
joints and an undetermined number of coalesced terminal segments. 
Oviger 10-jointed, with a large terminal claw. Propodus inter- 
mediate, without auxiliary claws. The chelifores, palpi, and proboscis 
originate within a flared prolongation of the cephalic segment. 
EPHYROGYMNA CIRCULARIS Hedgpeth 
Figure 46 
Ephyrogymna circularis HepGPETH, 1943b, pp. 51-52, pl. 9, figs. a—g. 
-A deep-water (525 fathoms) form, dredged off Martinique by the 
Blake. ‘The anterior extension of the cephalic segment forms a rim 
around the origin of the proboscis, palpi, and chelifores; there is a 
notch ventrally beneath the proboscis, permitting the downward 
movement of that organ. 
25 The derivation of this name was omitted from the original description of this genus in the Proceedings 
of the New England Zoological Club (Hedgpeth, 1943b, p. 51). It should read as follows: Ephyrogymna; 
E¢tpa + yupvés A naked sea nymph, 
