. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea. 793 robust. Dactyls of 3rd-5th legs strongly hooked, simple, basal width about half the distal width of 6th joint. Length up to 25 mm. (Kemp: one ? 39 mm.). Pale translucent buff, yellowish or pink, the colour formed by numerous stellate specks. Fig. 150.—Anchistus inermis (Miers). a, rostrum, b, mxp. 3. c, chela of 1st leg, with cross-section through palm, d, 2nd leg, larger chela. Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) brevicarpalis (Schenkel). e, carap
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea. 793 robust. Dactyls of 3rd-5th legs strongly hooked, simple, basal width about half the distal width of 6th joint. Length up to 25 mm. (Kemp: one ? 39 mm.). Pale translucent buff, yellowish or pink, the colour formed by numerous stellate specks. Fig. 150.—Anchistus inermis (Miers). a, rostrum, b, mxp. 3. c, chela of 1st leg, with cross-section through palm, d, 2nd leg, larger chela. Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) brevicarpalis (Schenkel). e, carapace of adult $. /, dorsal profile of carapace, and rostrum, $. g, pleurae of abdominal segments 1-3. h, apices of telson and uropods, to show colour pattern. on a translucent (white) ground colour, eyes dark brown, chelae pinky- white, deepest apically. Kemp says the body and legs in $ are covered with minute white dots. Locality.—Delagoa Bay (Barnard; and coll. C. J. van der Horst). Distribution.—Dar-es-Salaam, Red Sea, Indian Seas, Australia, Polynesia, Japan. Remarks.—The specimens taken by Professor van der Horst were found in Pinna shells. It is a matter for conjecture to what use the remarkable 1st chela may possibly be 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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