A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea . APSEUDES TALPA. (EXTREMITY OF FEET/ APSEUDES LATREILLII. ISOPODA. ABERRANT!A. 153 APSEUDES LATREILLII. Specific character. Body smooth, destitute of hairs oa the sides. Headterminating in front in a deflexed jwint. Terminal segment of the tail notmore than half the length of the preceding portion of the pleou. First pairof gnathopoda moderately large, the hand produced at its lower angle into astrong finger, which is densely hairy, but destitute of tubercles or spines, asis also the time movable finger. Length one-fouith of an inch.
A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea . APSEUDES TALPA. (EXTREMITY OF FEET/ APSEUDES LATREILLII. ISOPODA. ABERRANT!A. 153 APSEUDES LATREILLII. Specific character. Body smooth, destitute of hairs oa the sides. Headterminating in front in a deflexed jwint. Terminal segment of the tail notmore than half the length of the preceding portion of the pleou. First pairof gnathopoda moderately large, the hand produced at its lower angle into astrong finger, which is densely hairy, but destitute of tubercles or spines, asis also the time movable finger. Length one-fouith of an inch. Rhoea LatreiUii{?} Milne Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. V. xiii. p. 288, pi. 13a. The specimen from which the accompanying figure isdrawn bears so great a resemblance to Milne Edwardssfigure of Rhoea Latreillii that we have no doubt as to theidentity of the two animals. The deflexed rostrum, oradvanced point of the head, the comparatively large sizeof the second pair of feet, the more slender hand withthe smooth fingers in the first pair of limbs, are allcharacters observable in both. The small central point of the head, or rostrum, isslightly
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