. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea. 317 times a minute one amongst the fur on outer apex); in 5th leg a small spine on both inner and outer apex. In $ outer rami of 2nd-5th pleopods enlarged and closing round the eggs laterally. Eggs large, 2 mm. in diam., not numerous. Length up to S 29, $ 36 mm., breadth <? 22-5, $ 32 mm. Crimson or rose-red, carapace and abdomen more or less mottled or speckled,. Fig. 60.—Pseudodromia rotunda (McLeay). a, carapace, denuded, b, lateral view
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea. 317 times a minute one amongst the fur on outer apex); in 5th leg a small spine on both inner and outer apex. In $ outer rami of 2nd-5th pleopods enlarged and closing round the eggs laterally. Eggs large, 2 mm. in diam., not numerous. Length up to S 29, $ 36 mm., breadth <? 22-5, $ 32 mm. Crimson or rose-red, carapace and abdomen more or less mottled or speckled,. Fig. 60.—Pseudodromia rotunda (McLeay). a, carapace, denuded, b, lateral view of frontal lobe and rostral tooth, c, apex of 6th joint with dactyl of 4th leg. d, the same of 5th leg (in both the dactyl is shown foreshortened; setae omitted). Pseudodromia latens Stimpson. e, dorsal view of frontal lobes. /, lateral view of frontal lobe and rostral tooth. 6-8 small circular areas, which are bare of pile, deeper in colour, as are likewise the lateral cardiac grooves, legs rose-red, eye-stalks crimson, cornea maroon. Localities.—Simon's Bay, 12 fathoms (Stimpson); False Bay, 10-30 fathoms (Stebbing); Saldanha Bay, Table Bay, west coast of Cape Peninsula, False Bay to East London, 0-55 fathoms (S. Afr. Mus.). Remarks.—See under rotunda. Pseudodromia rotunda (McLeay) Fig. 60, a-d. 1838. McLeay, Annulosa S. Afr., p. 71 {Dromia r.). 1849. Id., in Smith, Illustr. Zool. S. Afr. Invert., p. 71 {Dromia r.). ? 1884. Miers, Crust. Alert, pp. 552, 553. 1888. Henderson, Eep. Challenger, xxvii, p. 16, pi. 1, fig. 8, {latens, non Stimpson). ? 1894. Ortmann, Semon's Austral. Keise, v, p. 35 {latens).. 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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