42 CAPRELLll^E. 



A MPHIPODA . CAPRELLID^E. 



ABERRANTIA. 



PROTO GOODSIRII. 

 Goodsir's Spectre Shrimp. 



Specific character. Superior antennae about one-third the length of the 

 animal. Inferior antennae about one-half the length of the superior. 

 Second pair of gnathopoda having the propodos large, arcuate above, palm 

 excavated, and armed beneath, near the base and distal extremity, with a 

 small tooth. 



Length inch. 



Proto Ooodsirii. SPENCE BATE, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 151. Cat. 

 Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 350, pi. Iv. fig. 2. WHITE, Pop. 

 Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 218. 



THIS species is a larger and more powerful-looking 

 animal than P. pedata, from which it differs chiefly in the 

 form of the second pair of hands. 



The superior antennae are about one-third the length 

 of the animal, and the flagellum is about as long as the 

 peduncle. The inferior antennae are about half the length 

 of the superior that is, scarcely reaching to the extremity 

 of the peduncle of the latter. The first pair of legs have 

 the hands elongate-ovate, broadest at the base, and nar- 

 rowed at the extremity ; palm very oblique, slightly con- 

 vex, minutely serrated, defined near the posterior extre- 

 mity by an obtuse tooth. The second pair of legs have 

 the hands very large, rounded above, and having the palm 



