. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). 324 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. toms of vessels far from its usual habitats. In this way its range may have been greatly extended by commerce in modern times. Adult living specimens were taken at Provincetown, Mass., in 1879. They occurred among barnacles, etc., on the bottom of a whaling vessel returned from a cruise in the Gulf Stream region and were associated with other southern species. (See S. I. Smith, 1884.) It ranges from Florida and Bermuda to southern Brazil ; from Peru
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). 324 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. toms of vessels far from its usual habitats. In this way its range may have been greatly extended by commerce in modern times. Adult living specimens were taken at Provincetown, Mass., in 1879. They occurred among barnacles, etc., on the bottom of a whaling vessel returned from a cruise in the Gulf Stream region and were associated with other southern species. (See S. I. Smith, 1884.) It ranges from Florida and Bermuda to southern Brazil ; from Peru to the Gulf of California ; West Africa at Loanda, etc. Cape Verde Islands and Madeira ; East Indies ; Australia ; New Zealand ; Tahiti ; Galapagos Is.; Pernambuco, etc. ; Brazil, on stone reefs, and Maceio on coral reefs (M. J. Rathbun); Rio (Heller); Australia (Miers). Pachygrapsus gracilis (Satissure) Stimp. Metopograpsus gracilis Saussiire, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneva, xiv, p. 443, pi. II, f. 15, 15a, 1858. Pachygrapsus gracilis Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, x, p. 113, 1871. Kingsley, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xx, p. 159, 1870 (descr.). Synop. Grapsidae, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad. for 1880, p. 200 (syn. and descr.) M. J. Rathbun, Brauner-Agassiz Exp., p. 137, 1900 ; Bracli. and Macr. of Porto Rico, p. 17, 1901. Figures 6, 6a. Plate XII, Figure 2. This is usually smaller than the preceding, and is much less com- mon. Its colors are similar, but the reticulations and mottlings are darker brown. It can best be distinguished by the more prominent, thin, and nearly straight, front ; the straighter sides of the 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 : Yale University
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