62. Branchiostoma affine Kohlrausch, 1879

Kohlrausch 1879: 70 (as Br. affine n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Gymnas. Johann., Hamburg 2 Exemplare.— Fundort [locality]: Zanzibar .

Dimensions. Länge des Körpers [body length] 50 [mm], der Endbeine 17,8 Mm. [length of ultimate legs 17.8 mm].

Type material. Syntypes 2 (ZMH-A0000657-658). TANZANIA: Zanzibar [ca. 6°08’S, 39°21’E] .

Preservation: 2 jars. Jar 1 (ZMH-A 0000657): Label. Branchiostoma affine (n. sp.) Zanzibar. Hamburg 31 (pencil). Jar 2 (ZMH-A 0000658): Label 1. Branchiostoma affin e (n. sp.) […], pencil); Label 2. Branch. obsoletum v. Por (pencil).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 64, No. 3. Syntypes 2.

Remarks. The specimens were originally part of the Gymnasium Johanneum collection in Hamburg.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Rhysida longipes (Newport, 1845) according to Kraepelin (1903: 148).