. Bulletin - New York State Museum. aken at Bayshore and Freeport and will probably be found inthe sand along the bays, near high water mark. Family ,;^xipeliscid^^e Body compressed anteriorly. Eyes generally four. Antennulae slender, without accessory flagellum, and placed at anterior end of head. Antennae somewhat larger and placed farther back. Last two segments of abdomen fused. Third pereiopoda different from 158 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM the preceding, with basal joint large and produced behind into aciliated lobe. A burrowing family, only a single species of which has beentaken, though othe
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. aken at Bayshore and Freeport and will probably be found inthe sand along the bays, near high water mark. Family ,;^xipeliscid^^e Body compressed anteriorly. Eyes generally four. Antennulae slender, without accessory flagellum, and placed at anterior end of head. Antennae somewhat larger and placed farther back. Last two segments of abdomen fused. Third pereiopoda different from 158 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM the preceding, with basal joint large and produced behind into aciliated lobe. A burrowing family, only a single species of which has beentaken, though others probably occur. Ampelisca macrocephala Lillg. A m p e ] i s c a macrocephala Lillgeborg. Ofvers. af Kongl. Forh. 1852. Sars. /. c. 1895. , , Head as long as the first three thoracic segments. Eyes four, small, red and at anterior end of head. Lower posterior angle of the third abdominal segment produced. Basal segment of third pereiopoda nearly transverse below, the carpus not produced Fig. 26 Ampelisca macrocephala It is a burrowing form, living in smoothly lined tubes, which itconstructs in the mud, and in the bottom of which it may generallybe found. Length 10-15 mm. Color hyaline white. Found in the sandy mud flats of Jamaica bay. Calliopius laeviusculus (Kr.) A m p h i t h o e laeviusculus Kr(|)yer. Gr(;nilands Amphipoder. DanskeVid-Selsk. Afhandl. 7:281, , fig. 13. Calliopius laeviusculus Verrill. /. c. 1874. Sars. /. , Antennulae and antennae subequal, the former without an acces-sory flagellum but with last peduncular segment produced into alappet with caceolae. Flagellum of both pairs with many wellmarked articulations, which give it a serrate appearance. Gnatho- HIGHER CRUSTACEA OF NEW^ YORK CITY 159 poda rather large and subchelate. Terminal uropoda slightly largerthan preceding-, and with rami fringed with hairs and spines.
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