KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDUNGAR. HAND. 22. N:0 7. 



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The ninth family PHBONIMIDiE, J. D. DANA, 1852. 



Diagn. Caput magnum, tumidum, globosum vel conicum. Oculi grandes. Antenna: primi paris rcctae, 

 parti anteriori capitis affixas; articulus primus flagelli crassus, elongatus; ceteri in mare 

 plus minusve numerosi, filiformes; in femina nulli. Antenna? secundi paris in mare longi, 

 filiformes, parti anteriori capitis affixa?; in femina obsolete. Instrumental oris masticatoria, 

 mandibular palpo carentes. Pedes percei parium quinque ultimorum ambulatorii, vel pedes 

 quinti paris in instrumenta prensoi'ia transformati. Pedes uri ramis instructi. 



The head, is large, tumid, globular or conical. The eyes are large. The first pair of antenna? 

 are straight, fixed on the front side of the head; the first joint of the flagellum is thick, 

 and elongate; the following are more or less numerous in the male, and filiform, in the 

 female they are wanting. The second pair of antenna? are long and filiform in the male, 

 and are fixed on the front side of the head; in the female they are obsolete. The mouth- 

 organs are adapted for mastication; the mandibles want a palp. The last five pairs of 

 pera'opoda are walking legs, or the fifth pair are transformed into a prehensile organ. 

 The uropoda are provided with rami. 



Syil. 1852. Phronimidce, J. D. DANA. 



PhronimddcB, 

 Pkrdnimidce, 



Iv. St. Vet. Akad. Hnncll. Band. 22. N:o 7. 



— »On the Classification of the 



Crustacea Choristopoda or Te- 

 tradecapoda». The American 

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 2 nd Ser. Vol. 14, p. 315. 

 1852. United States Exploring Expe- 

 dition. Crustacea. Vol. 2, p. 

 979, 999 and 1442. 



Spence Bate. 1856. »On the British Edriophthalma. 



Parti. The Amphipoda». Re- 

 port of the 25 th Meeting of 

 the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, at 

 Glasgow, 1855, p. 59. 



A. White. 1857. A popular History of the British 



Crustacea, p. 205. 



Spence Bate. 1862. Catal. Amph. Crust. Brit. Mu- 



seum, p. 31G. 



Spence Bate and Westwood. 1868. A History of the British Sessile- 

 eyed Crustacea. Vol. 2, p. 20. 



C. Claus. 1872. Grundziige der Zoologic. 2 te 



Aufl., p. 467. 

 1875. » 3 tte Aufl , p. 518. 



E. J. Mieks. 1876. Catalogue of the Stalk- and Ses- 



sile-eyed Crustacea of New 

 Zealand, p. 129. 



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