. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 144 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 292 distally Avith. scattered, short, stout spines; terminating in long, strong spine with sharp spiral tip and armed mesially with sharp, straight spine directed mesiodistally. A large species, maximum carapace length in midline nearly 60 mm. Color in life.—Carapace chocolate brown and yellow, or orange; anterior and anterolateral margins with narrow band of yellow; protogastric, mesogastric, most of anterior two-thirds of cardiac, and anteromesial portions of branchial regions also yellow; central yellow a
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 144 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 292 distally Avith. scattered, short, stout spines; terminating in long, strong spine with sharp spiral tip and armed mesially with sharp, straight spine directed mesiodistally. A large species, maximum carapace length in midline nearly 60 mm. Color in life.—Carapace chocolate brown and yellow, or orange; anterior and anterolateral margins with narrow band of yellow; protogastric, mesogastric, most of anterior two-thirds of cardiac, and anteromesial portions of branchial regions also yellow; central yellow area with pair of chocolate-brown spots lateral to anterior. Figure 40.—Guinotia (Guinotia) dentata, male (carapace length mm) from Dominica station 66. portion of cardiac region. In some individuals, almost entire dorsal surface of carapace yellow with submarginal brown area and antero- lateral pair of brown lobes extending posteromesially along cervical grooves; in such yellow individuals, spots characteristically present in yellow area greatly reduced in size and bleached to very poorly defined, slightly brownish areas. Lower surface of carapace chocolate brown, slightly lighter just dorsal to bases of legs; pterygostomian region very dark brown, almost black. Eyestalks yellow to yellowish tan with black cornea, sometimes vermilion at base. Third maxilhpeds with distal podomeres chocolate brown, a little lighter at articulations and along mesial border; smaller basal podomeres yellow. Cheliped with coxa yellowish tan,. 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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