. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. Figure 56. — ;iln>ut size. Phot. A. H. V. tips, is covered with very small round -p»ts of blue ; the>e are also present on the carapace anteriorly. Tlie ambulatory legs arc brownish red or bright red, with a hand of white or pale yellow on the distal end of the carpus and proximal end of the dactylus, and a narrower one at the ba>e «\' tin- nail, which i< black. The basal joints of the ambulatory legs are white and pale reddish Figure 57.—Calcinus sulcatus removed from shell ; a, second
. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. Figure 56. — ;iln>ut size. Phot. A. H. V. tips, is covered with very small round -p»ts of blue ; the>e are also present on the carapace anteriorly. Tlie ambulatory legs arc brownish red or bright red, with a hand of white or pale yellow on the distal end of the carpus and proximal end of the dactylus, and a narrower one at the ba>e «\' tin- nail, which i< black. The basal joints of the ambulatory legs are white and pale reddish Figure 57.—Calcinus sulcatus removed from shell ; a, second left leg of same, more enlarged to show sulcus ; after Benedict. The outer ruaxillipeds and the basal joints of the antennae beneath are dark olive green or yellowish green ; flagellum of antennae orange-yellow. The eye-stalks are light orange-red, with a pale yellow or white band close to the eye. The anterior part of the carapace is red or brown, like the chela?, and has a median patch of dark olive-green; posterior part bluish white or purplish white, irregularly spotted with red or brown ; in some there is a large ill- defined patch of white about the suture or on the sides. The varia- tions are mainly in the darker or lighter shades of color. The young. 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 Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press
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