Archive image from page 14 of Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda Their. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits decapodcrustacea1908verr Year: 1908 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 311 above high tide, and mostly among the matted roots of cedars, where they could not be dug out. It is mainly nocturnal in its habits and can be taken al night, in summer, by the use of lanterns or torches. It was thus obtained by Moseley, at Hungry Bay (Voy. Challenger). Prof. W. R. Coe has given to the Yale Museum a large specimen taken in this same way in 1903. Mr. J. M.
Archive image from page 14 of Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda Their. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits decapodcrustacea1908verr Year: 1908 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 311 above high tide, and mostly among the matted roots of cedars, where they could not be dug out. It is mainly nocturnal in its habits and can be taken al night, in summer, by the use of lanterns or torches. It was thus obtained by Moseley, at Hungry Bay (Voy. Challenger). Prof. W. R. Coe has given to the Yale Museum a large specimen taken in this same way in 1903. Mr. J. M. Jones sent a large Bermuda specimen to the Yale Figure 3. — Cardisonm guanhumi, large chela of male ; | nat. size. Phot. A. H. Verrill. Museum in 1877, without a statement of the exact locality. It is also in the collection made by Dr. C. Hartt Merriam (April, 1881, Yale Mus.), and in that of the Field Museum of Natural History, 1905. Very little seems to be known in respect to its breeding habits and young stages. Measureme)its/' Length Breai Nat. Mus. number Sex carapace carapace chelpe chelfe dactylus Locality 7507t $ 91 114 \]- \ \, Jamaica 7669f4 7669?<§ 7675§ Length of Breadth of Length of Height of Length of Sex carapace carapace chelpe chelfe dactylus $ 91 114 jr. 75 / 1. 155 3 28 } 60 j 53 ( 108 S 64 76 j r. 87 / 1-. 45 MO 9 \ 58 '( 31 S 63 75 ir. 57 ]1. 47 \26 1l9 j 37 i 30 2 72 91 J r. 79 1 1. 51 41 19 j 52 1 36 The first ten series were made by Prof. S. I. Smith from specimens collected by the ' Albatross'' in 1884. The others are by the writer, f Digits of chelae slender and gaping. 1: Digits stout. § Digits broad.
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