Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . DEEP-SEA AMPHIPODS FROM WEST OF CAPE POINT, SOUTH AFRICA 103. 104 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Suborder CaprellideaFamily Caprellidae Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903Fig. 6 Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903: 127, pi. 5 (fig. 36), pi. 8 (figs 30-31). Records 33°50S 17°21E, 1 100 m, 25 August 1959, numerous males and juvenilesattached to appendages of the giant stone crab Neolithoides asperrimus K. Remarks One of the few caprellids occurring below 1 000 m, readily identified by thestrong spines on the palms of
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . DEEP-SEA AMPHIPODS FROM WEST OF CAPE POINT, SOUTH AFRICA 103. 104 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Suborder CaprellideaFamily Caprellidae Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903Fig. 6 Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903: 127, pi. 5 (fig. 36), pi. 8 (figs 30-31). Records 33°50S 17°21E, 1 100 m, 25 August 1959, numerous males and juvenilesattached to appendages of the giant stone crab Neolithoides asperrimus K. Remarks One of the few caprellids occurring below 1 000 m, readily identified by thestrong spines on the palms of pereiopods 5-7. This species has not been recordedsince its original description in 1903, hence Mayers somewhat rudimentaryfigures are supplemented here. Distribution West coast of North and South America; South Africa (Mayer does notstate whether his material was found in association with stone crabs, as was thecase with the present specimens). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author is indebted to the South African Museum for the loan of materialupon which this work was based and for the provision of library support wa
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