Archive image from page 18 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. 315 posteriorly ; along the lateral margins and across the posterior border there is a series of small white blotches, about 2 to 3'™ in diameter, the posterior ones smaller. The legs and chelipeds abova are red, variegated with black and white spots, the black markings being most abundant on the posterior legs ; the anterior ones and the chelipeds being more red ; the first j
Archive image from page 18 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. 315 posteriorly ; along the lateral margins and across the posterior border there is a series of small white blotches, about 2 to 3'™ in diameter, the posterior ones smaller. The legs and chelipeds abova are red, variegated with black and white spots, the black markings being most abundant on the posterior legs ; the anterior ones and the chelipeds being more red ; the first joint of the chelipeds is mostly red, with the black and white marks only at the edges ; the second and third joints on all the legs are red with black edges, without spots. The chela3 are mostly yellowish, becoming white at the tips and reddish at the joints ; the last joint of the other legs is yellow. All the legs are white beneath, except on the last three joints. Abdomen dark purplish brown below, whitish above ante- riorly. Eye-stalks colored like carapace above, light red below.— C. S. V. Figure 4.—Maugi'ove Crab, Goniopsis cruentatus. Carapace, about nat. size. Phot. A. H. V. Most of the specimens are much brighter colored than the above, especially when the adherent dirt is removed. The larger males usually have a large amount of red on the back of the carapace and chelfe. The variations in this species seem to be less than in many others of this family. Measurements .' Breadth Length Breadth at Breadth N. Mas. of of anterior of number Sex carapace carapace angles front Locality 7542 ? Old Providence ' S ' ' li S (f u The first ten series of measurements were made by Professor S. I. Smith from specimens collected by the ' Albatross,' in 1884. The others are by the writer. • Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. XIII. 23 Jan., 1908.
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