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Genus 4. HYPERIA, LATREILLE, 1823. 



Diagn. Caput magnum, plus minusve globosum. Perceon leve, epimeris distinctis instnictum. Peden 

 percri prinii paris plus minusve subcheliformes, pedes secundi paris subclielifonnes vel 

 clieliformes, carpus dilatatus; carpus primi paris vix productus, vcl minus quam carpus se- 

 cundi paris productus, processus carpi concavus, in formam ligulaj redactus. Carpus pe- 

 dum tertii ac quarti pariuni non dilatatus. Pedes parium trium ultimorum longitudine 

 subtequales, duobus pra3cedentibus non longiores, vel paullo solum longiores. Pedes uri 

 plus minusve lati. 



The head is large, more or less globular. The percvon is smooth, with distinct epimerals. 

 The first pair of perceopoda are more or less subcheliform, the second pair are subcheliform 

 or cheliforra; the carpus is dilated; the carpus of the first pair is not produced, or less pro- 

 duced than that of the second pair, the carpal process is concavated, spoon-shaped. The 

 carpus of the third and foui'th pairs is not dilated. The last three pairs are subequal in 

 length, not longer than the two next preceding pairs, or only a little longer. The uropoda 

 are more or less broad. 



Syn. 1818. Phronima, F. A. LATEEILLE. 



1823. Hyperia, 



K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. Band. 22. N:i 



— "Crustacés, Arachnides et Iiisec- 



tes». Tableau encyclopédique 

 et méthodique des trois regnas 

 de la nature. 24™" partia, 

 p. 6, pl. .328, lig. 17—19. 



— "Malacostracés», par A. G. Des- 



m a re st. Diotioiinaire des 

 Sciences naturelies. Torne 

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— 1825. Familles naturelies du Kégne 



Animal, p. 289. 



— 1825. Considérations générales sur la 



classe des Crustacés, par A. 



G. Desmarest, p. 258. 

 P. E. GuÉRiN. 1825. »Uroptéreji. Encyclopédie Mé- 



thodique. Torne 10™", p.770. 

 .1. V. AuDoniN. 1825. "Hvpérie». Dictionnaira clas- 



siqne d'Histoire naturelie. 



Torne 8"", p. 466. 

 P. A. Latkeili.e. 1829. Le Eégne Aniraal , par 



G.Cuvier. Torne 4™", p. 117. 

 H. Mii.NF. EuTVARDs. 1830. »Extrait de Eeclierches pour 



servir ä THistoire naturelle 



des Crustacés Ainphipodes». 



Ann. des Sciences naturelles. 



Torne 20™", p. 387. 

 P. A. Latretlle. 1831. Cours d'Enton)oIogip, p. 400. 



F. E. GuÉRiN-MÉNEViLLE. 1836. Iconographie du Eégne Animal 



de G. Cuvier. Crustacés, 



p. 22. 



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