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CARL BOVALLIUS, AMPHIPODA HYPERIIDEA. I. 2. 



ANCHYLOMERID^E. 



2. ANCHYLOMERA HUNTERI, H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1830. 



Anchylomera Hunteri, H. Milne Edwards. 

 Facsimile from H. Milne Edwards. Hist. nat. des Crustacea, pi. 30, fig. 4. 



Diagn. Caput parvum, quam perseon non altius, ac segmentis tribus pritnis peraei multo bi'evius. 

 Segmentum quartum percei segmentum quintum longitudine asquans. Pedes percei primi 

 paris pedes secundi paris longitudine requantes. Processus carpalis pedum quinti paris 

 dentes marginis inferioris valde superans; dactylus curt us. Telson curturn, semicirculare. 



Tlie head is small, not deeper than the perceon, and much shorter than the first three pe- 

 rgonal segments together. The fourth perceonal segment is as long as the fifth. The first 

 pair of perceopoda are as long as the second. The carpal process of the fifth pair reaches 

 considerably beyond the teeth on the under margin of the joint; the dactylus is short. The 

 telson is short and semicircular. 



Colour. Brownish? 



Length. About 7 mm. 



Hab. The Indian Ocean: the Isle of Bourbon. (H. Milne Edwards.) 



1830. Anchylomera Hunteri, H. MILNE EDWARDS. 



»Extrait de Recherches pour 

 servir a l'Histoire natu- 

 relle des Crustaces am- 

 phipodes». Ann. des 

 Sciences nat. Tome20 n ' e , 

 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. 



1839. » 3 me ed. Tome2 Dd ,p.370. 



1840. Histoire naturelle des Cru- 



staces. Tome 3 me , p. 88, 

 pi. 30, fig. 4. 



