. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). 422 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Calappa gallus (Herbst) Latr., var. galloides (Stimp.). Yelloiv Box Crab. Cancer yallus (par^s) Herbst, op. cit., iii, pt. 3, pp. 18, 46, pi. Iviii, iig. 1, 1803. Cancer (Calappa) gallus (pars) Latr., Eeg. Anim., iii, p. 24, 1817. Calappa gallus H. , Hist. nat. Crust., ii, p. 105, 1837. Dana, Crust. U. S. Expl. Exp., p. 393, 1852. Capello, Journ. Sci. Math., Phys. Nat. Lisbon, iii, p. 133, pi. ii, fig. 4, 1871 (W. Africa). Miers, Voy. Challeng
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). 422 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Calappa gallus (Herbst) Latr., var. galloides (Stimp.). Yelloiv Box Crab. Cancer yallus (par^s) Herbst, op. cit., iii, pt. 3, pp. 18, 46, pi. Iviii, iig. 1, 1803. Cancer (Calappa) gallus (pars) Latr., Eeg. Anim., iii, p. 24, 1817. Calappa gallus H. , Hist. nat. Crust., ii, p. 105, 1837. Dana, Crust. U. S. Expl. Exp., p. 393, 1852. Capello, Journ. Sci. Math., Phys. Nat. Lisbon, iii, p. 133, pi. ii, fig. 4, 1871 (W. Africa). Miers, Voy. Challenger, xvii, p. 286, 1886 (Bermuda). Eankin, op. cit., p. 533. M. J. Eathbun, Decapod Crust. W. Africa, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, p. 297, 1900 ; Brach. and Macr. Porto Rico, p. 85, 1901. Cancer galloides Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, vii, p. 71, 1859. Figure 45. Plate XXVI, Figures 3. Color of upper parts generally orange to orange-brown, becoming brighter on the front of the chel»; under parts dull yellow. Cara- pace, above, and front of chelfe, covered with irregular sp(5ts of dark red or reddish brown, variable in size and form; many of the larger. Figure 45.—Calappa gallus, galloides, front view, about nat. size. A. H. V. Phot. granules and tubercles of the carapace are white, especially those that lie in rows on the posterior transverse ridges and those on the scattered elevations. This causes the elevations to appear higher than they really are. The digits of the chelje are smoky horn-color, becoming blackish on the upper side of the dactjd. Ambulatory legs yellow, finely reticulated with red lines. Measurements. No. 1903fc Sex S Carapace breadth length total Front bet. orbits 51 66 Chelae length height Locality (r. 39 32 'i 1. 38 32) Bermuda. 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 wor
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