. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 34 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Length, $ 52 mm., breadth, 75 mm. (Hilgendorf, 54 x 79 mm.). Reddish- brown, more or less mottled, chelae with small pale spots, finger and thumb black, the colour not extending on to palm. Locality. Inhambane. 3 specimens. ( 1954.) Distribution. Mozambique; Ibo. Remarks. There is a curious resemblance between the 2nd pleopod £ of this species and that of Notonyx nitidus (Goneplacidae, Rhizopinae) (Stephensen, 1945, Dan. Sci. Invest. Iran, pt. 4, fig. 47B):
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 34 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Length, $ 52 mm., breadth, 75 mm. (Hilgendorf, 54 x 79 mm.). Reddish- brown, more or less mottled, chelae with small pale spots, finger and thumb black, the colour not extending on to palm. Locality. Inhambane. 3 specimens. ( 1954.) Distribution. Mozambique; Ibo. Remarks. There is a curious resemblance between the 2nd pleopod £ of this species and that of Notonyx nitidus (Goneplacidae, Rhizopinae) (Stephensen, 1945, Dan. Sci. Invest. Iran, pt. 4, fig. 47B): both have a spiniferous step midway along the appendage. Fam. Goneplacidae Gen. Xenopthalmodes Richters 1950. Barnard, loc. cit., p. 296 (references). Xenophthalmodes brachyphallus n. sp. Fig. i$a-d. Two $3 agree with moebii except in two characters. The first abdominal segment is proportionately wider, extending well beyond the lateral angle of the 3rd segment (fig. 150) whereas in moebii the two. Fig. 15. Xenophthalmodes brachyphallus n. sp. a. abdominal segments 1-3, and left sternal plate <£, articular surface of segment 1 dotted, b. posterior view of right pleopod 1 <$. c. apex of same further enlarged, d. outer surface of chela of large $12 X 18 mm. Xenophthalmodes moebii Richters. e. abdominal segments 1-3, and sternal plate 6% for comparison with 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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