. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). A. E. VerriU—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 389 Young specimens of this form were not uncommon at Bei'mucla, in masses of Sargassion, associated with Portuniis Sayl and Planes mirn(h(s. It was also taken by the Bermuda Biological Station in Jul}^, 1905, in Sargassum. The larger sjpecimens are from Fort Macon (Yale Mus., coll. Dr. Yarrow, 1871) ; oif Hatteras, in 13 fathoms (U. S. Fish Comm. Steamer "Albatross," Oct., 1884, sta. 2285); West Florida (Coons coll., Yale Mus.); and Brazil. Ach
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). A. E. VerriU—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 389 Young specimens of this form were not uncommon at Bei'mucla, in masses of Sargassion, associated with Portuniis Sayl and Planes mirn(h(s. It was also taken by the Bermuda Biological Station in Jul}^, 1905, in Sargassum. The larger sjpecimens are from Fort Macon (Yale Mus., coll. Dr. Yarrow, 1871) ; oif Hatteras, in 13 fathoms (U. S. Fish Comm. Steamer "Albatross," Oct., 1884, sta. 2285); West Florida (Coons coll., Yale Mus.); and Brazil. Achelous Gibbesii (Stimp.). Lupa Gibbesii Stimpson, Notes on N. Amer. Crust., i, Annals Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, vii. p. 57 [11]. Achelous Gibbesii Stimpson, Notes, I, op. cit., vii, p. 22 [!)4], 1860 (Beau- fort, N. C). Neptunus Gibbesii A. , Nouv. Arch. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris, x, p. 326, pi. xxxi, figs. 1, la, lb, 1861 ; Miss. Sci. Mex., p. 213, 1879. Achelous Gibbesii Smith, Ann. Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, for 1882, p. 349, 1884 (off Hatteras); op. cit., for 1885 [p. 30], 1886 (off Hatteras), Kingsley, Proc. Philad. Acad., for 1879, p. 398. Poi^timus (Achelo^cs) Gibbesii M. J. Eathbun, Amer. Naturalist, xxxiv, p. 140, 1900. Figures 34, 35. 34. Figure 34.—Achelous Gibbesii, young, x 1|. After A. Figure 35.—The same, abdomen of $ , enlarged. After A. This species, which is introduced here mainly for convenient com- parison, is not yet definitely recognized as native of Bermuda. The few specimens most resembling it are too young for positive deter- mination. It has four small, nearly equal rostral teeth, besides the obitals, which are slightly bilobed (scarcely at all in the young); the merus. 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), 1
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