. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 112.—Pinnaxodes meinekti. a, Odtek maxilliped OF FEMALE (5760), X 15i ; 6, abdomen of male holo- TYPE, X 8. closed, tips crossing, dactylus with a basal tooth; propodal finger with margin in part denticulate, a larger tooth near its middle. Legs stout; propodites strongly tapering distally, that of third leg as wide as its length on anterior margin; dactyli broad at base and considerably shorter than propo- dites. The abdomen di- minishes regularly from third to seventh segment, the latter two-thirds as long as its basal width. Desc
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 112.—Pinnaxodes meinekti. a, Odtek maxilliped OF FEMALE (5760), X 15i ; 6, abdomen of male holo- TYPE, X 8. closed, tips crossing, dactylus with a basal tooth; propodal finger with margin in part denticulate, a larger tooth near its middle. Legs stout; propodites strongly tapering distally, that of third leg as wide as its length on anterior margin; dactyli broad at base and considerably shorter than propo- dites. The abdomen di- minishes regularly from third to seventh segment, the latter two-thirds as long as its basal width. Descrijjtion of fe- male. — Larger than male, but general as- pect similar. Palm longer and fingers shorter than in male, the dactyl shorter than upper edge of palm. Fingers gaping when closed. Dactyli of legs shorter and wider than in male. Abdomen longer but no wider than sternum. Measurements.—Male holotype, length of carapace , width of same mm. Female (), length of carapace , width of same mm. Range.—Chile: Valparaiso to Talcahuano. Material examined.— Valparaiso; Mr. Kr0yer; 1 male holotype (Copenhagen Mus.). Talcahuano; Hassler Exped.; 1 female (5760, ). PINNAXODES TOMENTOSUS Ortmann. Pinnaxodes tonientosus Ortmann, Zool. Jahrb., Syst., vol. 7, 1894, p. 697, pi. 23, figs. 9, 9i (type-locality, Brasi- lien; cotypes in Strassburg Mus.). Diagnosis.—Carapace of female cir- cular. Last segment of outer maxil- liped not overreaching penult segment. Legs very slender, propodites several times longer than wide; dactyl of last leg longest and straight. Description of female.—Entire body and feet covered with short, soft felt. Chelipeds of medium size, chela rather long, palm over twice as long as wide, toward the base somewhat smaller, margins. 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
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