. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. -> _\«i. Fig. 2. Argulus belones van Kampen. a, $, respiratory areas dotted (not visible in dorsal view); b, antennae 1 and 2. c, portion of margin of sucking disc; d, posterior maxilliped; e, basal joint of 4th leg. Locality. Natal, on side of head of Barracuda (Sphyraena commersoni) (collected by the late H. W. Bell-Marley, the largest example ex Natal Museum). Distribution. Sumatra, on Belone schismatorhynchus. Remarks. The specimens described above show all the specific features of belones, an
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. -> _\«i. Fig. 2. Argulus belones van Kampen. a, $, respiratory areas dotted (not visible in dorsal view); b, antennae 1 and 2. c, portion of margin of sucking disc; d, posterior maxilliped; e, basal joint of 4th leg. Locality. Natal, on side of head of Barracuda (Sphyraena commersoni) (collected by the late H. W. Bell-Marley, the largest example ex Natal Museum). Distribution. Sumatra, on Belone schismatorhynchus. Remarks. The specimens described above show all the specific features of belones, and are clearly conspecific. Van Kampen's 13I mm. $, however, had the posterior lobes of the carapace meeting ('sogar miteinander verwachsen oder verklebt') in the middle line, and extending backwards to cover half the abdomen. This shows the danger of regarding the carapace length as a con- stant specific character, and of utilizing it to separate species in a key. Van Kampen mentions a pair of blunt spines between the maxillipeds, but they are not traceable in the present 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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