THE GRAPSOID CRABS OF AMERICA. 



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CYMOPOLIA TUBERCULATA Faxon. 



CymopoUa ttibcrciilala FAXON, Bull. Mus. Conip. Zool., vol. 24, 1S93, p. 1G1 

 (type-locnlily, station 33~i5, Albatross, 1S2 fathoms; liolotype, Cnt. No. 

 4504, M.C.Z.) ; Muui. Mus. Cornp. Zool., vol. 18, 1S03, p. 3S, pi. 0, 

 figs. 3, 3a. 



Diagnosis. Carapace very convex, branchial regions laterally ex- 

 panded. Granulation of carapace finer between than upon tubercles. 

 Tubercles above 

 posterior margin 

 convex, protuber- 

 ant. Outer subor- 

 bital lobe very con- 

 vex. Lobes of car- 

 pus of ambulatory 

 legs little developed. 



Description. Al- 

 lied to G. ' obesa. 

 Carapace wider 

 across branchial re- 

 gions; granulation 

 of surface finer be- 

 tween than upon 

 tubercles while the 

 reverse is true in 

 obesa; median sinus 

 of front more 

 rounded at base; 

 outer orbital lobes 

 trending a little 

 more inward; three 

 antero-lateral teeth 

 after the orbital, 

 instead of two; in 

 obesa a rudimen- 

 tary tooth or tuber- 

 cle may be present 

 or absent after the second tooth; chelipeds equal; ambulatory legs 

 slenderer than in obesa, especially as to propodal segments. 



Color. Ambulatories crossed by transverse bands of red, three of 

 which cross the mcrus. 



Measurements. Male holotype, greatest length of carapace 13, 

 width of same 18, length of second leg 34 mm. 



Type-locality. Bay of Panama; lat. 7 12' 20" N.; long. 80 

 55' 00" W.; 182 fath.; bk. G. Sh.; temp. 54.1 F.; Feb. 23, 1S91; 

 station 3355, Albatross; 4 males, 1 female (4504, M. C. Z.). 



FIG. 120. CruoroLiA TUBERCULATA, MALE, X lj, AFTEB 

 FAXOX. a, DOUSAL VIEW ; 6, VEXTUAL VIEW. 



