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Foruden ved vore Kyster er den kjendt fra de Britiske 
0er (Montagu o. fl.), Frankriges Nordkyst (Hoek) og Mid- 
delhavet (Dohrn). 
Fain. 2. Phoxichilidiidse. 
Character. Saxlemmer vel udviklede; Folere nmng- 
lende; falske Fodder kun tilstede hos Hannon. 
Bemserkninger. Donne Familie, der af andre For- 
skeie har vseret slaaet sainmen dels nied foregaaende dels 
med efterfolgende Familie (Pallenidse), indeholder for Tiden 
kun 3 Slasgter, nomlig Phoxichilidium M.-Eclw., Oomerus 
Hesse og Anoploductylus Wilson. 1 enkelte Henseender 
riser de herhen horende Former vistnok adskillig Overens- 
stemmelse med Slsegtcn Phoxichdus, men kan neppe hen- 
fores til samiue Familie som denne, da de hos hin Skegt 
manglende Saxlemmer her er vel udviklede hos begge Kjon. 
Fra de til t'olgende Familie, Pallenidce , horende Former 
skiller de sig ved on mindre fuldkommen Udvikling af de 
lalske Fodder og navnlig ved disse Lemmers Forekomst 
udelukkende kun hos Hannerne. 
Gen. 3. Phoxichilidium, M.-Edw. (1840). 
Syn: Orithyia, Johnston. 
Slsegtscharacter. Legemet cylindriskt, med forholds- 
vis korte og vel adskilte Sidetortsatser. Hovedsegmentet 
fortil neppe freinragende over Snabelens Basis. Haleseg- 
mentet simpolt, ovalt, noget opadrettet. 0ieknuden belig- 
gende foran Midten af Hovedsegmentets Rygside. Snabe- 
len kort, cylindrisk, udgaaende noget ventralt fra Hoved- 
segmentets forreste Del. Saxlemmerne forholdsvis kraftige, 
Skaftet kolleformigt, Saxeu oval, glat, med Fingrene steerkt 
krummede og udpraeget forcipate. De falske Fodder hos 
Hannen 5-leddede, med sidste Led forholdsvis stort, sam- 
mentrykt og stserkt krummet, uden Klo, men med hagefor- 
mige Torner til biderne og i den indre Kant. Gangfodderne 
nsesten glatte, mere eller mindre forhengede, Laarleddet 
hos Hunneu stserkt opsvulmet, Tarsalleddet meget lidet, 
Fodleddet kraftigt udviklet, krummet og i Inderkanten ved 
Basis bevmbnet med staerke fortilkrummede Torner; Ende- 
kloen kraftig, med tydelige Bikloer. Kjonsaabningerne paa 
2det Hofteled at samtlige Fodder. Flere kugleformige /Eg- 
masser fsestede til liver at de falske Fodder hos Hannen. 
Bemserkninger. 1 den Begraendsning, hvori Slmgtcn 
her tages, er den vsesentlig eharacteriseret ved det fortil 
ikke udover Snabelens Rod freinragende Hovedsegmentet, I 
think, in some way be erroneous. Exclusive of the coast 
of Norway, it is known from the British Islands (Montagu 
and others), the north coast of France (Hoek), and the 
Mediterranean (Dohrn). 
Fam. 2. Phoxichilidiidse. 
Character. — Chelifori well developed, palpi absent; 
false legs in male only. 
Remarks. — This family, classed by other naturalists 
partly along with the preceding and partly with the suc- 
ceeding family (Pallenidse), comprises only 3 genera, viz.. 
— Phoxichilidum M.-Edw., Oomerus Hesse, and Anoplodac- 
tylus Wilson. True, the forms belonging to the family exhibit 
in some respects considerable agreement with the genus 
Phoxichdus, but can however hardly be referred to the 
same family, since the chelifori wanting in that genus 
occur well developed in this, and in both sexes. From 
the forms classing under the following family Pallenidce, 
they are distinguished by a less perfect development of 
the false legs, and more especially by the occurrence 
of these limbs without exception in the males alone. 
Gen. 3. Phoxichilidium, M.-Edw. (184b). 
Syn. Orithyia. Johnston. 
Generic Character. - Body cylindric, with compara- 
tively short and well separated lateral processes. Cephalic 
segment projecting anteriorly but very little if at all be- 
yond base of proboscis. Caudal segment simple, oval, 
pointing somewhat upward. Oculiferous tubercle placed 
before the middle of the dorsal surface of the cephalic 
segment. Proboscis short, cylindric, issuing a trifle ven- 
ti ally from the anterior portion ot the cephalic segment. 
Chelifori comparatively powerful, scape elavate, chela oval, 
smooth, with the fingers strongly curved, and markedly 
forcipate. The false legs in the male five-jointed, with the 
last joint comparatively large, compressed, and strongly 
curved, without claw, but with unguiform spines at the sides 
and along the inner margin. Ambulatory legs well-nigh 
smooth, more or less elongate, femoral joint in female much 
swollen, tarsus very small, propodus powerfully developed, 
curved, and armed along the inner margin at the base 
with strong anteriorly curving spines; terminal claw power- 
ful, with distinct auxiliary claws. Genital openings on 
2nd coxal joint of all the legs. Numerous globular shaped 
attached to each of the false legs in the male. 
Remarks. — In the restricted sense in which we 
here take the genus, it is principally characterized by the 
cephalic segment not projecting anteriorly beyond the base 
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