. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 80 BULLETIN 97, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. obrnptly narrowed at middle, where the dactjdus is articulated; the latter is small and narrow, and does not nearly reach end of pro- podus. Chelipeds stout, margins hairy; chelae siibovate; palm wider than its superior length, its margins convex, outer surface with a longi- tudinal elevated line bordered with a mat of coarse hair; fingers stout, especially the immovable one, which is broadly triangular except for the slender, curved tip; it has a right-angled sinus on the prehensile edge which
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 80 BULLETIN 97, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. obrnptly narrowed at middle, where the dactjdus is articulated; the latter is small and narrow, and does not nearly reach end of pro- podus. Chelipeds stout, margins hairy; chelae siibovate; palm wider than its superior length, its margins convex, outer surface with a longi- tudinal elevated line bordered with a mat of coarse hair; fingers stout, especially the immovable one, which is broadly triangular except for the slender, curved tip; it has a right-angled sinus on the prehensile edge which corresponds to a tooth behind the middle of the strongly curved dactylus, remainder of dactylus crenate; when the fingers are closed, the tips cross each other. Of the ambulatory legs the second and third are about the same length, the first a little shorter, fourth shortest; propodites convex. Fig. 37.—Pinnotheres depressus, octee maxilliped of male (4S594), X 137i. on anterior margin, faintly crenulate on posterior margin, the first very thick, its posterior margin straight, of second and third concave, of fourth convex, the fourth propodus being greatly dilated and oval in form; dactyls similar, elongate, with long, slender, curved tips. Abdomen gradually narrowed, terminal joint no longer than wide, end rounded. 3Ieasurements.—MsLle (4859-1), length of carapace , width of same mm. Range.—Egg Harbor, New Jersey, to northwest Cuba. Material examined.— Beaufort, North Carolina; Union College Collection, No. 71 c; 1 young male (deposit in , Cat. No. 42821). Cabaiias, northwest Cuba; on sand, shell, grass to mud bottom; June 8, 1914; station IG, Tomas Barrera Exped.; received from Hen- derson and Bartsch; 1 young male (48594).. 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 United Stat
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