. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOUTH AFRICAN PYGNOGONIDA 55 apex. Ocular tubercle very small, eyes minute. Proboscis very stout, cylindrical, apex truncate. Abdomen extending slightly beyond ends of ist coxae of last legs, apically truncate. Legs stout, granulose but without tubercles or bosses; 2nd tibia nearly as long as i st, no auxiliary claws. Body 3, proboscis 1-5, abdomen -5 mm. Locality: Illovo or Isipingo (Natal), littoral. 1 $ (Loman). Remarks. Quite different from the other South African species in the form of the body.
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOUTH AFRICAN PYGNOGONIDA 55 apex. Ocular tubercle very small, eyes minute. Proboscis very stout, cylindrical, apex truncate. Abdomen extending slightly beyond ends of ist coxae of last legs, apically truncate. Legs stout, granulose but without tubercles or bosses; 2nd tibia nearly as long as i st, no auxiliary claws. Body 3, proboscis 1-5, abdomen -5 mm. Locality: Illovo or Isipingo (Natal), littoral. 1 $ (Loman). Remarks. Quite different from the other South African species in the form of the body. Loman's figure 6, showing the body in profile, does not seem to correspond with fig. 5, as it shows only the smaller medio-dorsal tubercle on the cephalic. Fig. 33. Pycnogonum pusillum Dohrn. Lateral view; portion of integument; ist leg. segment, and a transverse ridge culminating in the median boss on each of the following segments. The intersegmental sutures seem to be wrongly indicated. Pycnogonum pusillum Dohrn Fig. 33 1881. Dohrn, Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel., hi, p. 207, pi. 16, figs. 4-8. 1953. Stock, Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Beige, xxviii 14, pp. 1-3, and 5, fig. 1. Integument with numerous, but scattered granules crowned with minute spinules. Body stout, segments distinct, cephalic segment not wider than the others; 3 medio-dorsal prominences, one each on the cephalic and the two following segments. Grurigers not contiguous, but angle of divergence between 2nd and 3rd greater than that between the others; each with a prominence near dorsal apex. Ocular tubercle as large as the body prominences, eyes well developed. Proboscis very stout, slightly tapering to the truncate apex. Abdomen extending slightly beyond end of ist coxae of last legs, apically rounded. No Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble t
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