. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. 384 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OP Synalpheus townsendi Couti^e. PL xxvi, fig. i. Synalpheus townsendi Coutifere, 1909, p. 32. Similar in form to S. longicarpus but with a much slenderer rostrum which considerably exceeds the supra-orbital lobes and reaches slightly beyond the distal end of the basal article of the antennule. The sides of the telson are not as strongly convergent and are slightly produced into little angles at the distal end and the inner pair of spines are slender and about three times as long as the outer
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. 384 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OP Synalpheus townsendi Couti^e. PL xxvi, fig. i. Synalpheus townsendi Coutifere, 1909, p. 32. Similar in form to S. longicarpus but with a much slenderer rostrum which considerably exceeds the supra-orbital lobes and reaches slightly beyond the distal end of the basal article of the antennule. The sides of the telson are not as strongly convergent and are slightly produced into little angles at the distal end and the inner pair of spines are slender and about three times as long as the outer one on each side. The spine on the basal article of the antennule reaches beyond the end of the article and slightly exceeds the rostrum. The spine of the basal article of the antenna extends to about the middle of the spine of the second arti- cle, while the latter slightly exceeds the distal end of the third article of the antennule. The smaller cheliped lacks the brush of curled hairs on the movable finger and the larger one has the upper margin of the movable finger ele- vated into a thick crest. Second pair of legs with the car- pus divided into five articles which have the approximate proportions of 5, , i, i, 2. Length of a female, 16 mm.; carapace, 7 mm. Color in life, body and legs a light pellucid pinkish red, the large chela, pink changing to green on the fingers. Five specimens of a little snapping shrimp which have been identified as this species were taken at the fishing banks (station 7943) in 13K fathoms of water. Another series was taken at the same locality (station 8293) from the interior of a large sponge dredged in 16 fathoms. They do not agree in all respects with Coutifere 's description and fig- ures, but appear to stand about halfway between his variety brevispinis and the typical form. The species has been previously reported from the coast of North Carolina and its presence on the fishing banks is not surprising. Genus CRANGON (=ALPHEUS of most au
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