Sssffiiip 



Fioube 132. — Calappa ocellata Holthuis. Male from 

 Curagao in dorsal view, approximately natural size 

 (after Holthuis, 1958). 



Fioure 133. — Calappa ocellata Holthuis. A, male first 

 pleopod in ventral view, X 3 ; B, male second pleopod in 

 dorsal (anterior) view, X 3; C, abdomen of male, ap- 

 proximately X 0.8 ; D, abdomen of female, approxi- 

 mately X 0.8; A-D from Dutch West Indies (after 

 Holthuis, 1958). 



length ratio of 1.15 to 1.40, varying from smaller 

 to larger ratio with increasing size; granulations 

 much coarser than in C. flammed, granules larger, 

 fewer, and more widely separated. Posterolateral 

 winglike projections distinctly set off from an- 

 terolateral margin, teeth with slender pointed 

 tips, more slender than in ('. flammea, notch in 

 basal part of fifth tooth inconspicuous. 



Chelipeds similar to C. flammea, though second 

 and third zones of outer palm nearly alike in both 



males and females. Upper margin with teeth nar- 

 rower proximally than in C. flammea, and with 

 bifurcation indistinct or absent. Palm with strong 

 tooth on outer lower surface near carpus, apex 

 sharply pointed with an acute tip. Teeth on crest 

 of merus more sharply pointed than in 0. flammea. 



Male with abdomen narrower than in C. flam- 

 mea; third to fifth segments fused, fifth segment 

 with basal width less than twice median length, 

 sixth with width equal to or less than length, 

 seventh more slender than in C. flammea. Females 

 with no granules near lateral border of fourth 

 segment; length of seventh segment distinctly 

 greater than width. 



Measurements. — Male holotype : length of cara- 

 pace, 83 mm. ; width, 114 mm. 



Color. — In preserved specimens, anterior half 

 of carapace red with numerous white, often ocel- 

 lated, spots and a few white streaks, the whole 

 forming a reticulate pattern of red. Pattern more 

 compact and complete than in C. flammea, extend- 

 ing over full width of anterior half of carapace, 

 absent in posterior half showing only a few dis- 

 tinct spots between teeth of posterolateral wings, 

 and two red spots before posterior margin above 

 bases of last legs. Chelipeds with one or two red 

 spots near articulation of dactyls; red between 

 teeth of upper margin ; inside of chelipeds reddish 

 (Holthuis, 1958). 



Habitat. — Shallow water to 14 fathoms. 



Type locality. — Klein Bonaire, Dutch West 

 Indies. 



Known range. — Cape Hatteras, N.C., to State 

 of Pernambuco, Brazil ; Bermuda. 



Remarks. — This species is less common than C. 

 flammea from Tortugas northward (Holthuis, 

 1958). 



Calappa angusta Milne Edwards 



Figure 134 



Calappa angusta Milne Edwards, 1880, p. 18. — Hay and Shore, 

 1918, p. 421, pi. 31, fig. 7. — Rathbun, 1937, p. 210, pi. 64. figs. 1-6 

 (rev.). 



Recognition characters. — Carapace eight-ninths 

 as long as wide; anterolateral margins finely gran- 

 ulate with larger granules at intervals; surface 

 covered with protuberances, granulate between. 

 Tooth at posterolateral angle of winglike exten- 

 sion of carapace largest, preceded anteriorly by 

 four teeth gradually diminishing in size, and fol- 

 lowed posteriorly by one small and one or two 



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