. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE SPIDER CRABS OF AMERICA 163 p. 458.—LocKiNGTON, Proc. California Acad. Sci., vol. 7, 1876 (1877), p. 77.—Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, 1898, p. 572; Harriman Alaska Exped., vol. 10, 1904, p. 173.—Holmes, Occas. Papers California Acad. Sci., vol. 7, 1900, p. 23.—Schmitt, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 23, 1921, p. 202, text-fig. 125. Epialtus (Taliepus) nutallii A. Milne Edwards, Crust. R6g. Mex., 1878, p. 138. Epialtus (Antilibinia) nuttallii Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 17, 1894, p. 69. Diagnosis.—Carapace ovate.
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE SPIDER CRABS OF AMERICA 163 p. 458.—LocKiNGTON, Proc. California Acad. Sci., vol. 7, 1876 (1877), p. 77.—Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, 1898, p. 572; Harriman Alaska Exped., vol. 10, 1904, p. 173.—Holmes, Occas. Papers California Acad. Sci., vol. 7, 1900, p. 23.—Schmitt, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 23, 1921, p. 202, text-fig. 125. Epialtus (Taliepus) nutallii A. Milne Edwards, Crust. R6g. Mex., 1878, p. 138. Epialtus (Antilibinia) nuttallii Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 17, 1894, p. 69. Diagnosis.—Carapace ovate. No preorbital tooth. First lateral t^oth not prominent. Description.—Carapace ovate, convex antero-posteriorly and trans- versely, smooth. No preocular tooth, postocular tooth small. Lateral teeth small, subequal, blunt, the margins between them convergent anteriorly. Rostrum with strongly convergent sides, inclined downward, flattened or slightly concave above, and with an equilaterally triangular notch at the end. Antennae not reaching end of rostrum. Chelipeds of old male very stout, unarmed, subequal to first leg; fingers gaping moderately for two-thirds of their length, a shallow lobe on the dactyl at middle of gape, extremities of fingers crenate. Legs stouter than in Pugettia producta. Fifth segment of male abdomen longer than sixth. Color.—Dark purplish, besprinkled with testaceous spots becoming large and somewhat ocellate behind, and still larger and brighter on the under side of the body (Randall). Measurements.—Male (3108), total length of carapace , width mm. Range.—From Santa Barbara, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California. Material examined.— CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara; 1880; D. S. Jordan; 1 large male (3108). One-fourth mde west of Venice Pier, Venice, Santa Monica Bay; found inside live fish trap; December 7, 1912; Anton Dohrn (J. Ross Beck); ^i, (5ooi^4),'''iYxiLLiPE"^>< 1 young (50308), from Venice Mar. Biol. Sta
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