. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. a Fig. 21.—Scyracepon levis n. sp. a, dorsal view of ovigerous $. b, profile of dorsum of young $. c, dorsal view of $. rami of pleopods crenulate on one edge and digitate on the other edge, or digitate on both edges, with more numerous digitations than in S. tuberculosa. Male—Medio-ventral bosses on first 2 pleon segments obscure. Lateral portions of pleon segments ventrally gibbous, but without actual projecting lobes (rudimentary pleopods). Length, $ 9, # 3-5 mm.; breadth, $ 7-5, # 1-25 mm. Locali


. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. a Fig. 21.—Scyracepon levis n. sp. a, dorsal view of ovigerous $. b, profile of dorsum of young $. c, dorsal view of $. rami of pleopods crenulate on one edge and digitate on the other edge, or digitate on both edges, with more numerous digitations than in S. tuberculosa. Male—Medio-ventral bosses on first 2 pleon segments obscure. Lateral portions of pleon segments ventrally gibbous, but without actual projecting lobes (rudimentary pleopods). Length, $ 9, # 3-5 mm.; breadth, $ 7-5, # 1-25 mm. Locality.—Off Table Bay and Cape Point, in the branchial cavity of Scyramathia hertivigi Doflein. Remarks.—Scyramathia hertwigi is very closely allied, perhaps only a subspecies, of the Northern Atlantic S. carpenteri, and the parasites of the respective crabs are also very much alike. The northern VOL. XXXII, PART 5. 31. 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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