. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. v.^ aTitrnnale y. Genus DROMIDIA Stimpson. Stimpson, 1858-1860. p. 22s. Dromidia antillensis Stimpson. PI. xxxi, fig. 5. Dromidia antillensis Stimpson, 1859, p. 24: Benedict, 1901, p. 132: Verrill, 1908, p. 431. Body and legs covered with a thick coat of short bris- tles, leaving only the tips of the fingers exposed. Cara- pace convex in all directions, longer than wide; rostral tooth smaller and on a lower level than the inner orbita teeth; a tooth at about the middle of the superior margin of the orbit and another on the inferio
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. v.^ aTitrnnale y. Genus DROMIDIA Stimpson. Stimpson, 1858-1860. p. 22s. Dromidia antillensis Stimpson. PI. xxxi, fig. 5. Dromidia antillensis Stimpson, 1859, p. 24: Benedict, 1901, p. 132: Verrill, 1908, p. 431. Body and legs covered with a thick coat of short bris- tles, leaving only the tips of the fingers exposed. Cara- pace convex in all directions, longer than wide; rostral tooth smaller and on a lower level than the inner orbita teeth; a tooth at about the middle of the superior margin of the orbit and another on the inferior margin; anterolat- eral margins with fotu- or five dentiform tubercles on each side. Chelipeds thick and heavy; hand with three blxmt spines on upper margin; fingers curved and with strong, interlocking teeth. Second and third legs strong and with long, ctirved dactyli; fourth and fifth legs subchelate, the fourth pair the smaller and the fifth turned forward onto the back. Length of carapace of a male, 32 mm.; width, 31 mm. Color, brownish red, fingers crimson, claws of legs horn color. Two or three specimens of this curious crab were dredged at depths of about 7 fathoms on the fish- ing gioimds. Like many other crustaceans of the offshore banks it is a West Indian species which has 3"hniuilliped Z'^moxiltiped l'*7naxilliped maxilla mandihlc Flo. 18.—Mouth region of a crab showing the appen-. 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. Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D. C. : Govt. Print. Off.
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