4:14 A. E. yen-ill Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



It is everywhere common on the rocky shores at low tide and on 

 the reefs, living in crevices and under stones, or often more or less 

 exposed. It is contained in n- arly every Bermuda collection, includ- 

 ing those of Jones, Goode, and others of early datr 



Its range extends from Florida to Hahia, I>ra/.il. Common on 

 coral reefs throughout the West Indies. Abrolhos Reel-, llra/il, 

 Colon, Florida, and Ijermnda (Smith); Pernambuco (Ratbbun). 



Macrocoeloma trispinosum (Latr. ) Miers. Hjiiiir,- Cni/>. 

 Pisa ti-tKjiinosii Latr. , Encv. Mcth., Nat. Hist.. \, p. 1 Iv.'. 



II. .Milm'-Kd\v., Hist. nat. Criu-t., i. p. '.'<-W, is:!4. A. 

 M.-Edw., Miss. Sci. JIcx., v. p. .">,'. p]. \\. ti-. '.', IN;:;. 



Macroca'loitiit lris/>in<>ft .Alinx. Jnuni. Linn. Soe. London, xiv, p. 665, 1879 ; 

 Voy. Chall.. Zoiil., xvii. p. sn. INSI;. M. J. Ratlihun. PI..C. U. S. Nat. Mus.. 

 xv, p, 249, 18!)'-' (syn. and (list riluit inn) ; I'.radiy. and Mad'. Porto Kiro, p. 

 74. 1901. 



FIGURE 44. 



This is one of the more common cralis at the IJermndas. It ocelli's 

 from low water to 10 fathoms and more. It i- very slow in its 



Figure 44. Macrocaelomci tri^pinomini, with tlie hairs, etc., removed from the 

 left side of the carapace; about nat. size. Phot. A. H. V. 



motions and for its protection depends largely on the growth of 

 sponges, alga?, etc. which usually entirely covers the nodulose cara- 

 pace, causing it to resemble a stone or a mass of sponges. When 



