. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). Figiire 63.—Clibanarius tricolor, x 2. Phot. A. H. V. dactyls bright orange at base, followed by pale orange or whitish, and covered by small bright orange spots; tips of digits black, excavate within. Several variations were noticed. One differed from all others in having no blue color, except the blue ring that precedes the orange band on the legs, but the legs had the usual round orange spots. The chelae were orange red with white granules and black Figure 64.—Siegias clibanarii, female,
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). Figiire 63.—Clibanarius tricolor, x 2. Phot. A. H. V. dactyls bright orange at base, followed by pale orange or whitish, and covered by small bright orange spots; tips of digits black, excavate within. Several variations were noticed. One differed from all others in having no blue color, except the blue ring that precedes the orange band on the legs, but the legs had the usual round orange spots. The chelae were orange red with white granules and black Figure 64.—Siegias clibanarii, female, much enlarged; a, veutral; b, dorsal view. After Richardson. It is very abundant at Bermuda, among rocks and in tide pools at low-tide. It occupies many kinds of small gastropod shells, such as Cerithium, Modulus, Littorina, Neritina, Anachis, Columbella, Naticxi. Frequently it takes possession of various land shells, com- monly washed ashore. It is sometimes infested by a parasitic isopod crustacean [Stegias clihanarii Richardson).* * Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xxvii, p. 59, 1904 ; Monograph of Isopods of N. America, p. 586. figs. 580, «, b, 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 : Yale University
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