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Show 1899.] PARASITIC COPEPODA ON FISHES. 507 G. 10. CESTOPODA Kurz. Female with elongated cylindrical cephalothorax, enlarged squarish genital segments, and minute abdomen. Tbe ovaries are lateral, enclosed in muscular bands which are united together down the centre by a membrane. Second pair of maxillipeds short, double, muscular, serving as an organ by which the animal fixes itself to its host. (1) CESTOPODA AMPLECTENS. 2 • Cestopoda amplectens Kurz, Zeitschrift f. wiss. Zool. xxix. 1877 p. 407, pl. xxiv. Host: gills of Sargus annularis. Adriatic. (2) CESTOPODA LiZcE. 2 • Anchorella lizce Kr. Bidrag til Kundskab, 1863, p. 295 pl xvi fig. 2. Cestopoda lizce Kurz, op. cit. 1877, p. 415. Anchorella lizce Carl Vogt, Arch. Zool. Exp. vi. 1877, p. 432. Host: gills of Mugil liza. New Orleans. (3) CESTOPODA CYGNIFORMIS. 2 • Naobranchia cygniforme Hesse, Ann. Sci. Nat. 4 ser xx p 122 1863. " ,5 ,5 Heller, Beise der Fregatte Novara, 1865. p. 244. Host: Pagellus erythrinus. North Sea. Summary of the Genera and Species. Family. Page. Genera. Species. i. Ergasilidas 441 2 22 ii. Caligidae 444 25 124 iii. Dichelestidas 468 15 46 iv. Philichthyidae 477 5 14 v. Lernaeidae 480 11 38 vi. Chondracanthidas 488 9 32 vii. Lernasopodidae .... 496 10 62 Total.. 77 338 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXVI. Fig. 1. Oralien asellinus, 2- p. 490. Dorsal surface, la. Ventral surface 1 b. Anterior part of head with antennae. 1 c. Posterior portion with mouth. 2. Philichthys xiphice, 2 > P- 478. 2 a. 8 of same. 3. Bichiardia denticis, 2 > P- 479. y" 4. Sphcerifer leydiyi, 2 > P- 479. -. 5. Colobomatus bergyltce, 2, p. 480. ~. ba. The same seen from the side. 6. Leposphilus labri, 2» P- 480. y* |