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CARL BOVALLIUS, AMPHIPODA HYPEHJ1DEA. I. 2. 



ANCHYLOMERIDtE. 



1. ANCHYLOMERA BLOSSEVILLEI, H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1830. 



PL XVII, fig. 1—22. 



Diagll. Caput magnum, quam peneon multo altius ac seginentis tribus primis pera?i multo longius; 

 segmentum quintum percei longissimum. Pedes percei primi paris pedibus secundi paris 

 breviores. Processus carp alia pedum quinti paris dentes marginis inf'erioris carpi non su- 

 perans, dactylus longus. Telson longum, triangulato-rotundatum. 



The head is large, much deeper than the peraeon, and considerably longer than the first three 

 perasonal segments together. The fifth segment of the peraaon is the longest. The first 

 pair of perceopoda are shorter than the second. The carpal process of the fifth pair does 

 not reach beyond the teeth on the under margin of the carpus; the dactylus is long. The 

 telson is long, triangular and rounded. 



Colour. Yellowish, white, shining as if polished, and with metallic lustre on the lower parts of the 

 perasonal segments and on the pleonal segments. 



Length. 5—9 mm. 



Hab. The Atlantic; the Mediterranean; the Indian Ocean; the Pacific; the Antarctic 

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



Syn. 1830. Anehylornera Blossevillei, H.MILNE EDWARDS. 



— 



1839. 



— 



1840. 



H. Lucas. 



1851. 



Spence Bate. 



1862. 



C. Bovallius. 



1887. 



»Extrait de Recherches pour 

 seryir a l'Histoire natu- 

 relle des Crustaces am- 

 phipodes». Ann. des 

 Sciences nat. Tome20 me , 

 p. 394. 

 1838. Histoire naturelle des Ani- 



maux sans vertebres 



par J. B. P. A. de La- 

 marck. 2 me ed. Tome 

 5 me , p. 307. 



» 3 me ed. Tome 2 nd , p. 370. 



Histoire naturelle des Cru- 

 staces. Tome 3 me , p. 87. 



Histoire naturelle des Cru- 

 staces des Arachnides et 

 des Myriapodes, p. 238. 



Catal. Amph. Crust. Brit. 

 Museum, p. 323, pi. 52, 

 fig. 1. 



"Systematical list of the 

 Amphipoda Hyperiidea». 

 Bih. t. K. Sv. Vet. Ak. 



