. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. :'>"i'i .4. E. Yen-ill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. The last two are from the region of the Gulf Stream. Some of the specimens taken in April, Mini, \\nv can-vim: eggs- Several of those collected l>\ the IJenmida Biological Station in June and July, I'.MK;, also carried eg Wherever fresh masses of S<ir<i<i*xnin are cast up by the waves thi* crab can almost aluay- lie found heiieath them, often in considerable uumliers. It is usually associated with small specimen* of /'</7//// nx i and two species
. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. :'>"i'i .4. E. Yen-ill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. The last two are from the region of the Gulf Stream. Some of the specimens taken in April, Mini, \\nv can-vim: eggs- Several of those collected l>\ the IJenmida Biological Station in June and July, I'.MK;, also carried eg Wherever fresh masses of S<ir<i<i*xnin are cast up by the waves thi* crab can almost aluay- lie found heiieath them, often in considerable uumliers. It is usually associated with small specimen* of /'</7//// nx i and two species of shrimp ( nti * • //.s//'< /•;/* and Ltunnii r It is contained in all the llermuda collect ion* t hat I have examined. The 36 specimens illustrated on my plate V, to show their varia- tions in form and color, were all taken, with many more, under a sin- gle mass of SOI-;I>-//•- Figure 7.—Gulf-weed crab, Planes iiiinutiDt. enlarged 1$. The hairs of the legs are ninsth .. J. H. Emerton del. It is widely distributed, occurring in all tropical and subtropical >eas in floating X«r</«xHiiin. In the Atlantic it occurs along the course of the Gulf Stream aa far north, at least, as George's Bank and off Nova Scotia. It is sometimes cast ashore on the coasts of New England and Great Brit- ain. Prof. Smith has recorded a large specimen found at \Yoods Hole, Mass., by V. N. Edwards, Sept. 1 1, 1*77. Southward it extends to Brazil and Falkland Is. (Kingsley) ; on the Pacific coast from Peru to the Gulf of California. Also found in the central Pacific and Indian Oceans ; Mediterranean (Heller). West Coast of Africa, Cape St. Lucas (Stimpson); Indian Ocean () ; New Zealand and Natal (Kingsley).. 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
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