. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 220 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 292 subcyliiidrical in midline, surface microscopically granular, appearing smooth, without pubescence dorsaWj; fronto-orbital distance not more than two-thirds of maximum carapace width in adult males; front widening toward base, not subspatulate, width between posterodistal angles of basal segments of eyestalks, with eyes retracted, about two-fifths of fronto-orbital distance; lateral marginal ridges regularly curved, converging posteriorly. Cornea slightly swollen, occupying slightly less than half of ext
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 220 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 292 subcyliiidrical in midline, surface microscopically granular, appearing smooth, without pubescence dorsaWj; fronto-orbital distance not more than two-thirds of maximum carapace width in adult males; front widening toward base, not subspatulate, width between posterodistal angles of basal segments of eyestalks, with eyes retracted, about two-fifths of fronto-orbital distance; lateral marginal ridges regularly curved, converging posteriorly. Cornea slightly swollen, occupying slightly less than half of extensor surface of eyestalk. Chelipeds usually somewhat dissimilar and distinctly unequal in both sexes (atypically subequal in figured specimen); fingers of major chela slightly longer than palm, spinose on extensor margin. Second, third,. Figure 75.—Ucides cordatus, male (carapace length mm) from Dominica station 112. and fourth pereiopods of males bearing very long silky hairs, especially numerous on flexor margins of carpus and propodus and on extensor margins of carpus and propodus of third and fourth pereiopods; walking legs of females without conspicuous hairs. Fringe of hairs on opposable surfaces of coxae of third and fourth pereiopods reduced, no more prominent than hauiness between coxae of second and third pereiopods. Denuded first pleopod of male terminating, in posterior view, in somewhat truncate tip inclined slightly mesially, with narrow chitinous process on lateral surface proximal to tip (fig. 76a). A large species, maximum carapace length in midline about 70 mm. Color in life.—Carapace mostly grayish blue with posterolateral portions of branchial region white; fronto-orbital region margined with dark orange; anterior projection of mesogastric region with single purple spot and pair of them in lateral protogastric regions;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - color
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