MELITA PALM AT A. 
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AMP HIP OB A. 
NAT ATOBI A. 
OA MM A RIDES. 
MELITA PALMATA. 
Specific character. Fourth segment of the pleon having a dorsal tooth. 
Second pair of gnathopoda having the dactylos shorter than the palm, and 
impinging against the internal surface. Posterior pair of pleopoda very long, 
having the inner ramus rudimentary. 
Length | of an inch. 
Cancer ( Gammarus ) palmatus. 
Melita palmata. 
Gammarus Dugesii. 
Gammarus palmatus. 
Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 69, 
t. 6. fig. 4. 
Leach, Edin. Encyc. Art. Crust, vii. p. 403. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 358. Suppl. Enc. 
Brit. 1, p. 425, pi. xxi. Desmarest, 
Consid. sur Crust, p. 264, pi. xlv. fig. 7. 
Samouelle, Ent. Comp. p. 103. 
Milne Edwards, Ann. des Sci. Nat. xx. 
p. 368. Hist, des Crust, t. iii. p. 54. 
Zaddach, Synop. Crust. Pruss. p. 6. 
Liljeborg, Ofvers. af Kongl. Vet. Akad. 
Forhandl. 1854, p. 453. Freyu. Luckart. 
Beitr. z. Kenntn.Wirbellos. Thiere, p. 162 
(from Bruzelius). Milne Edwards, Hist, 
des Crust, t. iii. p. 55. Spence Bate, 
Brit. Assoc. Pep. 1855, p. 58. Synop. 
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