. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). 332 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Plagusia depressa (Fabr.) Say. Cancer depressus Fabr., Ent. Syst., Supl., p. 406, 1775. Plagusia Sayi DeKay, N. York Fauna, p. 16. Stimpson, Notes on N. Amer. Crust., i, p. 18 [64]; ii, p. 104 [232]. Plagusia depressa Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., i, p. 100, 1817. Eatlibun, Dec. Crust. W. Africa, p. 281 (distribution). Results of Branner- Agassiz Exped. to Brazil, Biolog. Soc. Wash., ii, p. 138, 1900; Brach. and Macr. Porto Rico, p. 19, 1901.
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). 332 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Plagusia depressa (Fabr.) Say. Cancer depressus Fabr., Ent. Syst., Supl., p. 406, 1775. Plagusia Sayi DeKay, N. York Fauna, p. 16. Stimpson, Notes on N. Amer. Crust., i, p. 18 [64]; ii, p. 104 [232]. Plagusia depressa Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., i, p. 100, 1817. Eatlibun, Dec. Crust. W. Africa, p. 281 (distribution). Results of Branner- Agassiz Exped. to Brazil, Biolog. Soc. Wash., ii, p. 138, 1900; Brach. and Macr. Porto Rico, p. 19, 1901. Verrill, these Trans., vol. x, p. 575, 1900. Benedict, Notice Crust. W. Africa, p. 538, 1893. Plagusia squamosa Dana {non Edw.). Stimpson. Crust. N. Pacific Expl. Exp., Smithsonian Misc. Coll., xliv, p. 122, 1907. Figure 9. X. Figure 1. When full grown this is a large and handsomely colored crab, remarkable for its shyness and agilit3\ Its colors, which are variable, are evidently protective, and by no means conspicuous when resting. Figure 9.—Plagusia depressa, carapace and chelae of adult male, about nat. size. Phot. A. H. Verrill. among the rough and stained shore ledges where it usually lives. It is much less conspicuous than Grapsus grapsus, which lives in similar situations. Some large specimens had a grayish or yellowish ground color, mottled and spotted with brown and red ; the spots are often 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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