. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Zoology). Remarks. The present species is described herein in Andaniopsis as it resembles Andaniopsis nordlandica in some important characters: 1) transverse and toothed incisor and laterally expanded lacinia mobilis on the mandible. 2) reduced palp of the first maxilla, 3) general morphology of the maxilliped, 4) a large epistomal plate and 5) relatively long labrum with a well developed right lobe. However, the present species possesses a cleft telson, a character not found in nordlandica or in the closely related genus Andaniella Sars, 1895. In 1967
. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Zoology). Remarks. The present species is described herein in Andaniopsis as it resembles Andaniopsis nordlandica in some important characters: 1) transverse and toothed incisor and laterally expanded lacinia mobilis on the mandible. 2) reduced palp of the first maxilla, 3) general morphology of the maxilliped, 4) a large epistomal plate and 5) relatively long labrum with a well developed right lobe. However, the present species possesses a cleft telson, a character not found in nordlandica or in the closely related genus Andaniella Sars, 1895. In 1967, Barnard described an immature specimen from a 'un- known genus and species' (Barnard 1967: 150). Although the epistome and labrum were damaged, and he did not describe the telson, the present species seems to be at least closely related to Barnard's specimen, if not even belonging to the same species. As some essential appendages were damaged, and since it has not been possible to examine the specimen, Barnard's specimen is referred to as an uncertain synonymy of the present new species. The only character that, at present, appears to separate Barnard's specimen as a distinct species from africana, is the unexpanded basis on pereopod 6 (expanded for africana). Etymology. The present species is the first species in the genus to be recorded from the southern hemisphere and more specifically from the coast of South Africa, hence its name africana. Bathystegocephalus Schellenberg, 1926 Bathystegocephalus Schellenberg, 1926: 221 Fig. 12 Andaniopsis africana , holotype: PEP. MX I & MX2: stale EMND. MND&T: scale 2; MXP&AI: scale I on fig, 14. P2: scale Fig. 13 Bathystegocephalus globosus, female (8mm) 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 the original Natural History Museum (Lon
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