ing legs longer than in P. riisei; first pair of 

 walking legs 3 or more times as long as cara- 

 pace; dactyls of last three pairs less curved, 

 longer and relatively more slender than in P. 

 riisei; dactyl of second leg up to one-half length 

 of propodus, of third leg to two-thirds, and of 

 fourth leg to three-fourths length of propodus. 



Abdomen of male with six, female with five, 

 free segments. 



Measurements. — Carapace : male holotype, 

 length, 14 mm., width, 11 mm. 



Habitat.— Shallow water to 102 fathoms. 



Type locality.— OR Cape Hatteras, N.C., 49 

 fathoms. 



Known range. — Off Cape Hatteras, N".C, to 

 Port Aransas, Tex. ; northwestern Cuba ; Yucatan 

 Channel. 



Remarks. — Hildebrand (1954) reported the 

 carapace of this species as decorated with hy- 

 droids and ascidians. 



Podochela gracilipes Stimpson 



Figures 220, 2231 



Podochela gracilipes Stimpson, 1871a, p. 126. — Hay and Shore, 

 1918, p. 454, pi. 37, fig. 6.— Rathbun, 1925, p. 47, text-fig. 12. 

 pi. 17 (rev.K 



Recognition characters. — Carapace narrow, py- 

 rif orm, depressed ; constricted behind orbits ; with 

 rounded protuberance on cardiac region and two 

 smaller median protuberances on gastric regions. 

 Rostrum long, spiniform, hairy, unarmed. Ster- 

 num of males with thick blunt spine at base of 

 cheliped. Crests on basal article of antenna less 

 pronounced than in P. riisei, article long, narrow 

 posteriorly, with a diagonal ventral ridge merg- 

 ing with terminal spine distally. 



Chelipeds in male stout, inflated, fingers widely 

 agape to near tip, large tooth near base of dactyl. 

 Chelipeds slender in female. Walking legs slender, 

 first pair three times length of carapace; dactyls 

 long, nearly straight, one-third length of prop- 

 odus; propodi of last three pairs thickened 

 distally ; dactyls slightly scythe-shaped, two-fifths 

 length of propodus on second pair, one-half 

 length on third, and two-thirds length of prop- 

 odus on fourth pair. 



Abdomen of male with six, female with five, 

 free segments. 



Measurements. — Carapace: male, length, 13 

 mm., width, 9 mm.; ovigerous females, length, 9 

 mm., width, 6 mm. 



Figure 220. — Podochela gracilipes Stimpson. Animal in 

 dorsal view, legs of left side not shown, 5 mm. indi- 

 cated. 



Habitat. — Eighteen to 120 fathoms. 



Type localities. — West of Tortugas, off Pacific 

 and Carysfort Reefs, [Fla.], 36 to 60 fathoms. 



Known range. — Off Cape Lookout, N.C., to 

 Gulf of Mexico ; Caribbean Sea to Columbia and 

 Barbados; Cabo Frio, Brazil. 



Remarks. — Ovigerous females are known in 

 December from North Carolina. 



Genus Metoporhaphis Stimpson, 1860 



Rathbun, 1925, p. 19. 



Metoporhaphis calcarata (Say) 



Figures 221, 223J 



Leptopcdia calcarata Say, 1818, p. 455. 



Metoporhaphis calcaratus: Hay and Shore, 1918, p. 454, pi. 37, 



fig. 5. 



Metoporhaphis calcarata: Rathbun, 1925, p. 21, text-fig. 5, 



pis. 6-7 (rev.). 



Recognition characters. — Carapace triangular, 

 longer than broad, uneven, nodulose with each 

 nodule surmounted by a tubercle and this in turn 

 usually with a pencil of soft, hooked hairs. 

 Rostrum as long as or longer than carapace, sub- 

 cylindrical, tapering to a point, often armed with 

 four or five slender spines projecting outward al- 

 ternately from opposite sides of lower surface, 

 and with distal pair so close to tip as to give tip 

 bi- or tri-spinose appearance. Eyes protuberant, 

 peduncles terminating in superior spinule project- 



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