. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). Figure 23.—Abdomens of female Callinectes ; a, of C. sapidus; b, of C. ornatus. Figure 24.—Abdomen of a male Callinectes sapidus, f nat. size. Many specimens are much less brilliantly colored. Some are mottled with lighter and darker olive on the carapace. The young- are usually rather dull or plain olive-yellow; some are light olive or greenish above. Albino specimens often occur in which the entire carapace and legs are pale gray or nearl^^ white, or in which white is the prevailing color. One l
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). Figure 23.—Abdomens of female Callinectes ; a, of C. sapidus; b, of C. ornatus. Figure 24.—Abdomen of a male Callinectes sapidus, f nat. size. Many specimens are much less brilliantly colored. Some are mottled with lighter and darker olive on the carapace. The young- are usually rather dull or plain olive-yellow; some are light olive or greenish above. Albino specimens often occur in which the entire carapace and legs are pale gray or nearl^^ white, or in which white is the prevailing color. One large dark male had the carapace, above, dull dark brown, the long postero-lateral spines, as well as the others, with white tips. Chelae purplish brown, above; inner lateral and lower surfaces white, except inner surfaces of finger and thumb, which were deep purple. Ambulatory legs dark blue and brown both above and below, with whitish bands at the joints beneath. Swimming legs dark bluish brown, with a central yellowish Avhite patch on outside of each seg- ment, except the last, which is bright brownish 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 Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven : Yale University
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