148 CARL B0VALL1US, AMPHIPODA HYPERI1DEA. I. 2. HYPERIID^E. 



Hyperia medusarum. 



Colour. Brownish; the young animals of a rather light yellow, speckled with deep brown or red spots; 

 the largest adult animals deep brown. 



Length. 8 — 18 mm. 



Hal). The Arctic region: the west coast of Greenland, Spitzbergen, Tromso. The Northern 

 temperate region: the west coast of Sweden and Norway, the Northern Sea. 

 (D. M.; F. M.; K. M.; P. M.; S. M.; U. M.) 



Syn. 1762. »Pulex cancriformis antennis 



brevissimis corpore latiore», H. STR0M. 



1776. Cancer medusarum, O. F. MULLER. 



Gammarus » » J. Chr. Fabricius. 1779, 



Oniscus 



Gammarus » 



Cancer (Gamarellus) » 



Gammarus » 



Cancer 



Oniscus 

 Talitrus 



Gammarus » 





)) 



1781. 



J. 



F. Gmelin. 



1780. 



.1. 



Chr. Fabricius. 



1787. 





» 



1793. 



.1. 



F. V. Herbst. 



1796, 



(J. Chr. Fabricius.) 1797. 

 L. A. G. Bosc. 1802 



W. TURTON. 1 ) 



1) 



P. A. Latreille. 



L. A. G. Bosc. 



1802. 



» 

 1803. 



1829. 



Physisk og Oeconoraisk Beskri- 

 velse over FogderietS0ndm0r. 

 F0rste Part, p. 188, pi. 1, fig. 

 12 and 13. Soroe 1762. 4:to. 



Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, 

 p. 196. 



Reise nach Norwegen mit Be- 

 merkungen aus der Natur- 

 historie und Oekonomie, p. 

 326 and 354. 



Species Insectorum. Tom. 1, 

 p. 518. 



Caroli Linnaei Systema Na- 

 turae. Editio decima tertia. 

 Tom. 1. Pars 5, p. 3014. 



Mantissa Insectorum. Tom. 1, 

 p. 335. 



Entomologia Systematica. Tom. 

 2, p. 519. 



Versuch einer Naturgeschichte 

 der Krabben und Krebsen 

 nebst einer systematischen 

 Beschreibung ihrer verschie- 

 denen Arten. 2 ter Band, p. 

 139. 



Epitome Entomologiae Fabri- 

 cianae, p. 119. 



Histoire naturelle des Crusta- 

 c6es, contenant leur Descrip- 

 tion et leurs Moeurs. Tome 

 2 me , p. 148. 



A general system of Nature. 

 Vol. 3. 



» 



Histoire naturelle generate et 

 particuliere des Crustaces et 

 desInsectes.Tome6 me ,p.302. 



Histoire naturelle des Crustaces. 



J ) Cited from Stebbing 1. c. p. 69. 



