. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 80.—Pinnixa longipes, cotype, geneu^l outline, enlaugkd. (After Holmes.) Description.—Carapace more than 2^ times as wide as long, some- what flattened above, a depression behind the gastric region. A transverse groove just behind margin of front. Chelipeds small, short, hairy; chelae ovate-oblong, distally taper- ing, upper margin convex, lower margin nearly straight, distally granulate; fin- gers subequal, subacute, fitting close to- gether, a subbasal tooth on dactylus, a median tooth on thumb, and a subtermi- nal notch into which th
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 80.—Pinnixa longipes, cotype, geneu^l outline, enlaugkd. (After Holmes.) Description.—Carapace more than 2^ times as wide as long, some- what flattened above, a depression behind the gastric region. A transverse groove just behind margin of front. Chelipeds small, short, hairy; chelae ovate-oblong, distally taper- ing, upper margin convex, lower margin nearly straight, distally granulate; fin- gers subequal, subacute, fitting close to- gether, a subbasal tooth on dactylus, a median tooth on thumb, and a subtermi- nal notch into which the point of the dactylus fits. First two legs slender and similar, with slender dactyli, the first leg the smaller. Third leg enormously devel- oped, longer than width of carapace, merus thick, flat, and w'ith a kind of flange on posterior margin; dactyl short, thick, curved, and shorter than the tapering propodus. Fourth leg shortest of all, not reaching bej'^ond merus of third, broad, fringed with long hair, dactylus less curved than that of third leg and shorter than Fio. 81.—Pinnixa loxgipes, co- type, OUTER MAXILLIPED, EN- LARGED. (Afteu Holmes.). 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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