. A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anaomala, in the Indian museum. Crustacea; Decapoda (Crustacea). 2:30 ii. The chelipeds of the male are more than twice the length of the body 2. Eyes very large, their major diameter being about one-fourth the length of the carapace proper. The chelipeds of the male may be nearly as long as the body (though occasionally they are half again as long as the body) ... III. The 2nd abdominal tergum has a row of spines on its anterior border, and the 3rd tergum also may have a pair of spines on this border. Posterior bo
. A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anaomala, in the Indian museum. Crustacea; Decapoda (Crustacea). 2:30 ii. The chelipeds of the male are more than twice the length of the body 2. Eyes very large, their major diameter being about one-fourth the length of the carapace proper. The chelipeds of the male may be nearly as long as the body (though occasionally they are half again as long as the body) ... III. The 2nd abdominal tergum has a row of spines on its anterior border, and the 3rd tergum also may have a pair of spines on this border. Posterior border of carapace smooth. Male with a pair of appendages on the 1st abdominal somite. Eyes very large. Chelipeds in both sexes much longer than the body ... IV. The 2nd 3rd and 4th abdominal terga are armed with spines, as is the posterior border of the carapace. The eyes are very large. The 1st abdominal somite of the male is destitute of appendages :— 1. The 2nd and 3rd abdominal terga have each a single row of spines. The inner angle of the basal joint of the antennal peduncle is spiniform but not greatly produced ... 2. The 2nd and 3rd abdominal terga are armed each with two rows of spines. The inner angle of the basal joint of the antennal peduncle is produced into a stout curved spine half as long as the carapace .... M. microps var. lasiochnlcs. M. andamanica. M. vifjiliaruh M. squamosa. M. tricarinata. 14. MUflida COmorina, Alcock and Anderson. Munida comorina, Alcock and Anderson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Jan. 1809, p. 18. Illestrations of the Zoology of the Investigator, Crustacea, Plate XLIII. Fig. 3. Seems hardly to differ from the Caribbean Munida cariboea, A. (which Faxon says is the same as M. irasa, A. ), having, like it, a long denticulated rostrum, no cardiac spine, and a smooth abdomen. Dorsal surface of carapace transversely striated and bearing eight spinules, namely a pair behind each supraocular spine, one on either side behind and external t
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