. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE BEAUFORT, N. C, REGION. 413 long as eyestalks. Antennal peduncle a little shorter than that of antennule, its basal article with a small lateral spine curved dovraward and forward, its second article with a spine on the inner distal angle and several spinules on the inner side of the outer distal prolongation; acicle curved; flagellum slender, longer than the body. Chelipeds hairy; meros and carpus nearly smooth except for a few spines along the margins, chelae with the entire upper surface spinulose, th
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE BEAUFORT, N. C, REGION. 413 long as eyestalks. Antennal peduncle a little shorter than that of antennule, its basal article with a small lateral spine curved dovraward and forward, its second article with a spine on the inner distal angle and several spinules on the inner side of the outer distal prolongation; acicle curved; flagellum slender, longer than the body. Chelipeds hairy; meros and carpus nearly smooth except for a few spines along the margins, chelae with the entire upper surface spinulose, the spinules being placed quite close to one another and each with a cluster of stiff hairs at the base on the distal side; the right cheliped is much larger than the left and its hand has the finger and palm of about equal lengths; in the left hand the finger is about four times as long as the palm and when closed meets the thumb for only a short distance near the tip. Length: About 29 mm.; carapace, II mm. Two specimens of this hermit crab were dredged by the Fish Hawk from the margin of the Gulf Stream at a point 30 miles south of Cape Lookout Lightship. The species is most closely related to P. bouvieri (Fax) [=smithii Milne-Edwards and Bouvier] from which it difTers, how ever, in the spines on the antennal pedun- cle, the length of the movable linger as compared with the palm of the small hand and the gaping Fig. 16.—PaguTus cokeri, type, 9 X4K. a, Dorsal view of carapace and frontalappendages, the basal articles of the antenDules considerably foreshortened; b, right chela; c, left chela. The species has been named in honor of Dr. R. E. Coker, of the Bureau of Fisheries, one time biologist of the North Carolina Geolog- ical Survey at Beaufort, and a contributor to the literattu-e on the fauna of the region. Genus PYIOPAGURUS A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier. Pylopagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893, p. 74. Pylopagurus rosaceus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier. PI.
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