. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. .1. E. Vcrrill—Decapod Crustacea of above high tide, and mostly among the matted roots of cedars, where they could not be dug out. It is mainly nocturnal in its habits anil can be taken at night, in Miminer, by the UM- of lanterns or torches. It was thus obtained 1»\ Moseley. at Hungry l>ay (VY>y. Challenger). Prof. \V. It. Coe has given to the Vale .Museum a large specimen taken in this same way in 190-°). Mr. ,1. M. Jones sent a large IJermuda specimen to the Yale. Figure 3. — Verrill. i/inniliiniii, large chela o
. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. .1. E. Vcrrill—Decapod Crustacea of above high tide, and mostly among the matted roots of cedars, where they could not be dug out. It is mainly nocturnal in its habits anil can be taken at night, in Miminer, by the UM- of lanterns or torches. It was thus obtained 1»\ Moseley. at Hungry l>ay (VY>y. Challenger). Prof. \V. It. Coe has given to the Vale .Museum a large specimen taken in this same way in 190-°). Mr. ,1. M. Jones sent a large IJermuda specimen to the Yale. Figure 3. — Verrill. i/inniliiniii, large chela of male ; ^ nat. size. Phot. A. H. Museum in 1877, without a statement of the exact locality. It is also in the collection made by Dr. C. Hartt Men-lam (April, 1881, Yale Mas.), and in that of the Field Museum of Natural History, 1905. Very little seems to be known in respect to its breeding habits and young stages. Nat. Mus. •5071 Length Breadth Length Height Length of of of of of ex carapace carapace chelae chelae dactylus Locality $ 91 114 i*. / 1. 75 155 \ OS ' "/ (ill ( 5:; "'-> / ::r, « 7675§ *The first ten series were mad'- l>y Prof. S. I. Smith from specimens collected by the '' Albatross'' in 1884. Tin- others are by the writer, f Digits of chelae slender and gaping. \ Digits stout. £ Digits 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, Conn. , The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press
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