Narrative and preliminary report of Bahama expedition . West, cind is much stouter and shorter-legged than the pre-ceding. Three species of ]\lacrocLxIonia were secured. Thelargest, J/, scpfciiispiiiosa has a very stout body, armed,as the name indicates, with seven spmes,—three median, twolateral, and two in a line connecting the opposite lateral rostrum is produced into an expanded plate, bifurcatednear its distal end. Pcnrcra coniufa ccclata x\. M. E. wascommon, being secured at several stations. Some specimensof this species were so covered with sponge that their shapecould n
Narrative and preliminary report of Bahama expedition . West, cind is much stouter and shorter-legged than the pre-ceding. Three species of ]\lacrocLxIonia were secured. Thelargest, J/, scpfciiispiiiosa has a very stout body, armed,as the name indicates, with seven spmes,—three median, twolateral, and two in a line connecting the opposite lateral rostrum is produced into an expanded plate, bifurcatednear its distal end. Pcnrcra coniufa ccclata x\. M. E. wascommon, being secured at several stations. Some specimensof this species were so covered with sponge that their shapecould not be distinguished, and their antenna^ must have beenpractically useless. Tiie chehe are luuisually small in M. F. LINDER, DEL. Crabs and Gorgonians from Pourtales Plateau. FilLjr. 1. TYPICTS. Sttll. Fig-. 2. Platvlamhkus -serkatus. M. Edw. Fig-. 3. PlUMNTS GEMMATUS. Stittip. Fig-. 4. Gorg-oiiian. Pig. 4a. Mag-nified calicles. Narrative of Bahama Expedition. 157 group, but one would think that the formidable spines wouldrender concealment rather a superlluous protection from mostof its enemies. Three species of Milhrax were secured fromcomparatively shallow water. Indeed this genus is not repre-sented in our collections from deep water. The famih- is represented in the WestIndies b}- numerous species of Lanibnis. and its allies, most ofwdiich are characterized by peculiarly shaped chelipeds. thehand being trigonal and greatly elongated, and the fingersvery short. The old genus Lanibnis has been divided b\Milne Edwards into at least ten genera. Platylamhrus scr-raliis (M. E.) was found in shallow water both here and at theTortugas, while Lanibnis fioiirtalesia
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