Figure 212. — Anomalothir furcillatus (Stimpson). Fe- 

 male in dorsal view, legs of right side not shown, 3 mm. 

 indicated. 



and less distinct row above; carpus with three 

 spines on outer surface; palm unarmed, elongate; 

 fingers short, stout, less gaping in male than in 

 female. Walking legs pubescent; first two pairs 

 long, slender; third and fourth pairs shorter, pre- 

 hensile, with dactyls spinose on inner border; 

 third pair shortest, merus with three strong 

 hooked spines beneath, propodus and curved 

 dactyl of about equal length; fourth pair inter- 

 mediate in length, nearly straight, with propodus 

 longer than dactyl. 



Abdomen of both sexes with seven free seg- 

 ments. 



Measurements. — Carapace : male, length includ- 

 ing rostrum, 17 mm.; width, 6 mm. Length of 

 rostrum, 7.5 mm. Carapace: female, length in- 

 cluding rostrum, 20 mm.; width, 5 mm. Length 

 of rostrum, 6 mm. 



Color. — Light orange yellow; palms much 

 deeper color (Henderson in Rathbun, 1925). 



Habitat. — Rathbun (1925) listed this form 

 from sandy, broken shell, pebbled, and rocky bot- 

 toms; 30 to 262 fathoms. 



Type locality.— OS. "The Samboes" [Southern 

 Florida], 123 fathoms. 



Knoion range. — Off Cape Lookout, N.C., 

 through Gulf of Mexico and West Indies to 

 Grenada. 



Remarks. — Though the depth range of this spe- 

 cies is usually beyond the 100-fathom mark, it 

 may occur in shallower water in the Carolinas. 

 Ovigerous females are known from the north- 

 eastern Gulf of Mexico in March. 



Genus Euprognatha Stimpson, 1871 



Rathbun, 1925, p. 95. 

 Euprognatha rastellifera marthae Rathbun 



Figures 213, 223B 



Euprognatha rastellifera Stimpson, 1871a, p. 123. — Hay and 

 Shore, 1918, p. 454, pi. 37, fig. 7. 



Euprognatha rastellifera marthae Rathbun, 1925, p. 96, text- 

 fig. 30, pi. 33 ; pi. 34, figs. 1-2 ; pi. 35, figs. 3-4 ; pi. 216 (rev.). 



Recognition characters. — Carapace pyriform, 

 granulate, a tubercle or short truncate spine on 

 gastric and cardiac regions, each branchial re- 

 gion, and supraorbital margin. Rostrum short, 

 with two small teeth on horns. Ocular peduncles 

 short, with tubercle at emargination of cornea. 

 Frontal teeth short, spiniform, or triangular. 

 Postorbital projection dentiform, triangular, ta- 

 pering to a slender point. Obtuse antennal spines 

 directed obliquely forward, approximately as ad- 

 vanced as front; interantennular spine inclined 

 downward, equaling or surpassing front. Sides 

 of hepatic and pterygostomian region with a few 



Figure 213. — Euprognatha rastellifera marthae Rathbun. 

 Male in dorsal view, legs of left side not shown, 5 mm. 

 indicated. 



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