. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. A. E. lYrr/7/—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. in:; At Dominica Island, in 1906, Mr. A. H. Verrill obtained a number of much larger perfect specimens, taken in fish-pots, in rather deep water (40-150 fathoms) where it was associated with M. spinosissi- itiitft, of very large size, and other large spider crabs. It is a comparatively rare species, recorded by few authors. A. M. -Edwards knew only two specimens, from Martinique, in the Paris Museum. It was not mentioned by Stimpson, nor was it in the Porto Rico collection, stud
. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. A. E. lYrr/7/—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. in:; At Dominica Island, in 1906, Mr. A. H. Verrill obtained a number of much larger perfect specimens, taken in fish-pots, in rather deep water (40-150 fathoms) where it was associated with M. spinosissi- itiitft, of very large size, and other large spider crabs. It is a comparatively rare species, recorded by few authors. A. M. -Edwards knew only two specimens, from Martinique, in the Paris Museum. It was not mentioned by Stimpson, nor was it in the Porto Rico collection, studied by Miss Rathbun. It was not represented in the large collections of the National Museum enumer- ated by her in 1892. Mithrax (Nemausa) acuticornis (Stimpson). Mithnix acuticornis Stimpson, Bull. Mus. Cornp. Zool., ii, p. 116, 1870. A. , Miss. Sci. Mex., v, p. 98, 1875. M. J. Rathbun, Amer. Naturalist, xxiv, p. 512,. fig. 8, 1900. Nemausa rostrata A. , Miss. Sci. Mex., Part v, i, p. 81, pi. xvii, figs. 4-4c7, 1875. Miers, Voy. Challenger, Zool., p. 85, 1886 (Bermuda). Mithras (Xemausa) acuticornis M. J. Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xv, p. 260, pi. xxxvii, fig. 1, 1892; Bull. Labr. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa, iv, p. 259, 1898. Brach. and Macr. Porto Rico, p. 66, 1901. FIGURE 39. This species is characterized by its elongated and narrow carapace, the sharp lateral spines, and especially the unusually long and acute rostral Figure 39.—Mitln-«,'' m-iilicomis ; c, the same, the carapace of a younger speci- men, x about three times. After A. wards. Recorded from Bermuda by Miers (Voy. Chall), but not obtained bv later collectors. Florida, West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, •/ shore to 1G4 fathoms. Off Key West, G fathoms (Rathbun).. 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 V
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