. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 304 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM bent and shows 2 or 3 transverse grooves, none of which completely encircle the neck and do not represent segments. Genital segment dorsally with 3 pairs of pits. Digitiform processes slightly constricted near the bluntly rounded tips. o* attached ventrally near the vulva between the ventral bifurcate processes. 4 chitinous dorsal patches on posterior segments. Antenna 1 5-jointed; antenna 2 stout, prehensile. Maxilla 2 (?) stout, unguis with tooth on outer marg
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 304 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM bent and shows 2 or 3 transverse grooves, none of which completely encircle the neck and do not represent segments. Genital segment dorsally with 3 pairs of pits. Digitiform processes slightly constricted near the bluntly rounded tips. o* attached ventrally near the vulva between the ventral bifurcate processes. 4 chitinous dorsal patches on posterior segments. Antenna 1 5-jointed; antenna 2 stout, prehensile. Maxilla 2 (?) stout, unguis with tooth on outer margin. Maxilliped 2-jointed, slender, with apical curved unguis. 1st and 2nd legs very small, 2-jointed, tipped with 2 setae; 3rd leg Fig. 32. Strabax monstrosus Nordm. a, b, dorsal and ventral views $, the latter showing attached o*; c, (J; d, 1st and 2nd antennae $. $ 'hammer' about 5 mm., neck 4 mm., processes 3-4 mm., ovisacs 5 mm.; 6* 0-9 mm. Hammer and neck dark grey, the knobs pale, processes dirty buff, ovisacs yellow. Locality. Port St. Johns, hammer embedded in the upper corner of the gill chamber of Scorpaenodes guamensis. Distribution. Mediterranean and off north-west coast of Africa. On gills and palate of Scorpaena porcus and scrofa, and Sebastes. Fam. Sphyriidae 1919. Wilson, Proc. Nat. Mus., iv, pp. 549 sqq. (revision). 1932. id., Bull. Nat. Mus., no. 158, p. 524. $—Adult divided into 3 regions: expanded head, narrow neck, and dorso- ventrally flattened trunk. Abdomen minute, anal lamellae present. A pair of. 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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