. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 90 BULLETIN 129, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Hist. State Univ. Iowa, vol. 4, 1898, p. 253.âA. Milne Edwards and BouviER, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 47, 1923, p. 370, pi. 11, fig. 1. Diagnosis.âEye long, slender. Postocular spine long, directed obli- quely forward. Rostrum short. Legs filiform, varying little in length. Description.âBody ar-ined above with three erect, slender, blunt spines, one gastric, one cardiac, and the other on the first segment of the abdomen; abdominal spine small, cardiac and gastric spines equal and about as long
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 90 BULLETIN 129, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Hist. State Univ. Iowa, vol. 4, 1898, p. 253.âA. Milne Edwards and BouviER, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 47, 1923, p. 370, pi. 11, fig. 1. Diagnosis.âEye long, slender. Postocular spine long, directed obli- quely forward. Rostrum short. Legs filiform, varying little in length. Description.âBody ar-ined above with three erect, slender, blunt spines, one gastric, one cardiac, and the other on the first segment of the abdomen; abdominal spine small, cardiac and gastric spines equal and about as long as the distance between the orbital arches; these last armed with aspinule. Carapace convex anteriorly, flattened posteriorly; surface smooth and glossy, naked, except for a few hairs on the anterior part of the branchial, the sides of the gastric, and the frontal region. Beneath, the subhepatic and pterygostomian regions are armed with spiniform granules. The triangular rostral teeth are widely separated at their tips by a shallow interspace, in which the sharp point of an interantennular tooth is visible in dorsal view. Antennae half as long as carapace. Chelipeds in male moderately enlarged, a little Fig. fiu- longer than carapace, much curved; edges of PES (15199), MAXILUPED, . i . 1 i 1 . â r i X 22 ischium, merus and basal portion oi propodus, and surface of carpus spinulous. Remainder of propodus smooth, upper and lower margins convex; fingers as long as palm, gaping except near tips; the largest prehensile tooth is on imnlovable finger in middle of gape; just distad is an enlarged but still much smaller tooth on dactylus. Sternum, abdomen and maxillipeds granulate. Measurements.âMale (18117), length of carapace to extremity of rostral teeth , width of carapace mm., length of ambulatory leg of second pair about 17 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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