

316 A. E. Verrill Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



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Jamaica 



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Bermuda 



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The chela-, wli idi arc nearly equal, measure in N". :;<MT (see pi. xi, 

 fig. 1) L>7"" long, I L5 wide ; in 3047a, they are I'.'"" by m 1 " 1 " : in 

 1901tf, 33 mm by i'< i"' m . 



It has been taken at Bermuda by must collectors. It \\as in the 

 collections of G. Brown Goo.le, A. Ileilprin, Prof. T. Kincai.l. Dr. 

 T. H. Bean, Prof. E. L. Mark, Bermuda l!i..l. Sin., and others. 



It was taken by us in >e\er:il localities, especially at ('.nicy 

 Island, Hungry Bay, and at Somerset I., near the -I,,,)-,. O f "The 

 Scaur." It is common among mangroves, living ainon^ the tan-led 

 roots in burrows, where it is not easily raptured, owing to it> shy- 

 ness and agility. It sometimes actively climbs up the aerial roots 

 and trunks of the mangroves, when disturbed.'" We also sometimes 

 found it in heaps of stones, at high-water mark, where it was niore 

 easily captured. Its colors, though showy, seem to be protect i\ e in 

 many places where it lives, for they match the colors of the dead 

 leaves and other objects in the swamps. Perhaps they are more 

 particularly nocturnally protective, for it is most active at night. 



It has a verv extensive distribution, being found on nearlv all 



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tropical American shores. It ranges from Florida to Rio Janeiro, 

 Brazil (Dana), and throughout the West Indies. \Vest Coast of 

 Africa at Ashantee (J. E. Benedict) ; Liberia ; Guinea ; Gabun ; 

 Angola, etc. West Coast of Central America (Kingsley). Florida 

 Keys and Abrolhos Reefs, Brazil (Smith). 



* In such cases it can easily be caught by shaking them off from the branches 

 of the trees into hand-nets held below them. 



