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CAPRELLID/E. 



AMPH1PODA. 

 ABERRA.NT1A. 



CAPRELLID^E. 



PHOTO FED AT A. 



Specific character. Superior antennae nearly half the length of the 

 animal. Inferior antennae about half the length of the superior. First pair 

 of gnathopoda having the propodos triangular, palm oblique, armed with 

 small spines, and denned by a sharp tooth. Second pair of gnathopoda 

 having the propodos long, ovate ; palm waved, being oblique nearly two- 

 thirds the length of the joint, and defined by a process, armed with a strong 

 spine. 



Length inch. 



Gammarus pedatus. 

 Cancer (Gamm-arus) pedatus. 

 Proto pedata. 



ABILDGAARD in MULLER, Zool. Dan pt. iii. 



p. 33, pi. ci. figs. 1, 2. 

 MONTAGU, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 6, pi. ii. 



fig. 6. 

 FLEMING in Edin. Phil. Journ. viii. p. 296. 



LEACH, in Edin. Encyc. vii. p. 433. Trans. 



Linn. Soc. xi. p. 362. SPENCE BATE, Rep. 



Brit. Assoc. 1855. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. 



xix. p. 151. WHITE, Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust. 



p. 218. Cat. Brit. Crust, p. 61. JOHNSTON, 



Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. p. 673, figs. 72, 73. 



