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SPECIMEN EXAMINED. 



Remarks. This single specimen was in a vial with Lecythorhynchus 

 marginatus and Ammothella tuberculata. No data as to depth were 

 given, but they were probably all taken in shallow water. It has the 

 general appearance of a Phoxichilidium-\\ViQ. form, but is distinguished by 

 its short, stout body and crowded lateral processes. 



Genus Anoplodactylus Wilson ('78*). 

 Phoxichilidium (in part). 



Trunk rather slender, with the first segment constricted anteriorly and 

 extending forward some distance beyond the base of the proboscis, thus 

 producing a long narrow neck. Lateral processes comparatively long 

 and well separated. Proboscis projecting obliquely downward from ven- 

 tral side of first trunk segment. Eye tubercle at extreme forward 

 end of the segment. Chelifori comparatively feeble. Ovigera slender, 

 6-jointed; terminal joint very small. Egg-masses several, globular (A. 

 petiolatus ft erectus], or one or two, loose and more or less irregular in 

 shape (A. lentus]. Legs long, slender ; first tarsal joint very short ; ven- 

 tral margin of second tarsal joint projecting at the base (the heel) and 

 there armed with strong spines ; auxiliary claws minute. / 



Remarks. This genus can readily be distinguished from Phoxichilidium, 

 which it much resembles in general appearance, by the long, projecting 

 neck, the feebler chelifori, and the 6-jointed ovigera with the ultimate 

 joint very much smaller than the penultimate. 



Hoek ('98) lists the species which he considers as properly belonging 

 to this genus. Besides the new species described below, I think the 

 following should be added to his list : 1 



A. gestiens (Ortmann) = Phoxichilidium gestiens Ortmann, '91. Japan. 



A. plumularict (von Lendenfeld) = Phoxichilidium plumularia von 

 Lendenfeld, '83. Port Philip, Australia. 



A. tubiferus (Haswell) = Phoxichilidium tubiferum Haswell, '85. 

 Port Jackson, New South Wales. 



1 In a recent paper Mobius (:o2) has referred two new species to the genus Anoplo- 

 dactylus , viz., A. aculeatus and A. spinosus. The latter differs from the established 

 genus in having g-jointed ovigera, but in this connection Mobius says (p. 187): 

 " Ich stelle fur Anoplodactylus spinosus mit g-gliedrigen Brutbeinen keinen neuen Gat- 

 tungsbegriff auf, sondern scheide aus dem WiLSON'schen Begriff Anoplodactylus das 

 Merkmal einer bestimmten Gliederzahl der Brutbeine aus." 



