A. E. Verr.Ul Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



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later collectors. Its range is very extensive; from off Cape Ilallcras 

 to Maceio, Bra/il ; from Panama to southern California ; Pacific 

 Islands; Indian Ocean, etc. Common on the Florida reefs and Keys, 

 and in the West Indies. Colon, Key West, and Egmont Key, W. 

 Florida (Yale Mus.). Gulf of Calif. (Lockington). 



Family GALATHEID^J Dana. 

 Munida Beanii, sp. nov. 



FIGURE 52. PLATE XXVII, FIGURES 8, 9. 



A small species, with an ovate carapace, widest opposite the third 

 pair of legs. Transverse, elevated, ciliated ridges are well separated; 

 about sixteen on the carapace, of which four or five are incomplete. 

 Marginal spines about eight, small, acute, the most anterior largest ; 



Figure 52 Munida Beanii ; a, dorsal view of specimen with shorter ocular 

 spines ; b, specimen with longer ocular spines, x about 3 times. Phot. 

 A. H. V. 



dorsal spines ten, very small ; of these there are three on each side, 

 anteriorly, in an obliquely transverse line, nearly parallel with the 

 post-orbital border ; the inner one is largest ; a single spine on each 

 side, behind the second ciliated ridge ; a single one, on each side, 

 behind the cervical groove. 



Rostrum moderately long, tapered, nearly smooth, acute, tri- 

 quetral, or with a slight dorsal carina. Orbital spines lanceolate, 

 with sharply acuminate tips, in some cases nearly half as long as the 

 rostrum and reaching the cornea of the eyes ; in others not over one- 

 third as long as the rostrum and shorter than the eye-stalk. 



