. Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. Scientific expeditions. 234 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 24 Polyonyx confinis, new species Plate 17; text-fig. 12(3) Types: Holotype, male, Allan Hancock Foundation Cat. No. 3817, from Corinto, Nicaragua, 3 fathoms; January 5, 1938; collected during Eastern Pacific Zaca Expedition of 1937-1938, New York Zoological Society, at Zaca station 200 D-14. Paratype: same data as holotype, one ovigerous female. Diagnosis: Carapace subovate, distinctly broader than long; front transverse in frontal view; merus with a strong lobe on anterior margin; anterior
. Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. Scientific expeditions. 234 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 24 Polyonyx confinis, new species Plate 17; text-fig. 12(3) Types: Holotype, male, Allan Hancock Foundation Cat. No. 3817, from Corinto, Nicaragua, 3 fathoms; January 5, 1938; collected during Eastern Pacific Zaca Expedition of 1937-1938, New York Zoological Society, at Zaca station 200 D-14. Paratype: same data as holotype, one ovigerous female. Diagnosis: Carapace subovate, distinctly broader than long; front transverse in frontal view; merus with a strong lobe on anterior margin; anterior margin of carpus with a convex crest, its proximal end sub- rectangular; outer margin of manus and pollex with a row of fine granules and a thick fringe of plumose hairs; manus of both chelipeds with a low longitudinal crest on dorsal surface; merus of walking leg 3 about twice as long as wide, its posterior margin with four or five strong spinules; propodus with three posterodistal movable spinules, that of leg 3 over twice as long as wide; dactylus with two strong fixed spines, the distal one composed of two nearly joined together, and with a minute proximal spinule. Description: Carapace subovate, to times as broad as long, strongly convex front to back, nearly smooth with light plications on lateral regions, surface slightly uneven and regions well marked, lateral. Text-fig. 12. Propodus and dactylus of walking leg of 1, Polyonyx quadriungu- latus, X 25; 2, P. nitidus, x 32J^ ; 3, P. confinis, x 44^-. 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 Allan Hancock Foundation. Los Angeles : Allan Hancock Foundation for Scientific Research, University of Southern Calif. Press
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