(Hutchins, 1947). It is also clear, from families 

 represented in this group, that many are relatively 

 sedentary, at least as adults. 



MATERIALS STUDIED 



Materials studied at the U.S. National Museum 

 (USNM) include recent records resulting from 

 exploratory work by the vessels Pelican, Alba- 

 tross III, Combat, Oregon, and Silver Bay, as 

 well as records of collections by private indi- 

 viduals. Specimens studied were from the USNM, 

 the Charleston Museum, Charleston, and Bears 

 Bluff Laboratories, Wadmalaw Island, S.C., The 

 University of North Carolina Institute of Fish- 

 eries Research ( IFR) , and various collections pro- 

 vided by Duke University Marine Laboratory and 

 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of 

 Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, 

 Beaufort, N.C. Remnants of Hay and Shore's 

 collections were also examined and are now housed 

 at the IFR. 



MEASUREMENTS 



Measurements for individuals considered adult 

 are either from the literature or from specimens 

 examined. Sizes recorded usually represent the 

 maximum. Width of the brachyuran carapace is 

 the width including lateral spines. Length of 

 shrimps includes the rostrum. 



EXTRALIMITAL AND INDETERMINATE SPECIES 



The following list includes species having 

 doubtful position in the Carolinian fauna. Some 

 range primarily in deep water, occurring inci- 

 dentally on the Continental Shelf. Others have 

 a range limited to shallow waters distant from 

 the Carolinas. Some are included because Hay 

 and Shore mentioned them, and the remainder 

 have a doubtful taxonomic status. 



Penaeopsis megalops (Smith). North Carolina, 

 through Gulf of Mexico to Surinam; 150-200+ 

 fathoms. 



Sicyonia sp. (Lunz, 1945). A distinct specimen 

 from Beaufort River, near Parris Island, S.C., 

 has been described but not named (Charleston 

 Museum No. 35.131.5(a)). 



Hippolyte coeruleseens (Fabr.). Central At- 

 lantic Ocean, Bermuda, North Carolina to 



Florida, Azores, Canary and Cape Verde Islands, 

 Gulf of Guinea and S. Angola, doubtful from 

 Cape Horn region (Sivertsen and Holthuis, 1956). 

 A single mutilated male from Sneads Ferry, N.C, 

 is in the U.S. National Museum. 



Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards. Lab- 

 rador to North Carolina; shallow water to 100+ 

 fathoms. The American lobster is not normally 

 found south of Cape Hatteras, but lobsters are 

 frequently taken off Cape Henry, Va. For in- 

 stance, one 5V 2 -lb. and two 8-10-lb. lobsters were 

 taken by the trawler Ensign approximately 45 

 miles E.N.E. Oregon Inlet, N.C, at 38-15 fathoms, 

 January 21, 1963. In December 1958, an American 

 lobster was caught in a crab pot near Cedar 

 Island, N.C. Mr. Clayton Fulcher, Atlantic, N.C, 

 reported that he tried to get the specimen, but 

 this prize was eaten by the fisherman's family. 

 Hay and Shore (1918) cited one doubtful occur- 

 rence of the lobster near Beaufort, N.C. 



Munula longipes H. Milne Edwards. South 

 Carolina to Curacao; 154-338 fathoms (Schmitt, 

 1935a). 



Pagurus cokeri Hay. South of Cape Lookout, 

 N.C, to eastern Gulf of Mexico; approximately 

 150-200 fathoms. 



Catapagurus sharreri Milne Edwards. Between 

 Capes Hatteras and Lookout, N.C, to Barbados; 

 87-221 fathoms. 



Latreillia elegans Roux. Both sides of North 

 Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Natal ; 70-200 

 fathoms (Rathbun, 1937). 



Portunus ventralw (Milne Edwards). Georgia 

 or Florida to Brazil ; surface and near shore 

 (Rathbun, 1930a). 



Portunus sebae (Milne Edwards). Hay and 

 Shore (1918) cited reports of this species in the 

 Carolinas. Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits to 

 Brazil, Bermuda; surface to 15 fathoms. 



Callinectes danae Smith. Status of this species 

 on the southeastern coast of the United States 

 needs clarification for there is no clear distinction 

 there between it and C. ornatus. Indian River In- 

 let, Fla. to Brazil ; shallow water to a few 

 fathoms. 



Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun. This species 

 is questionably recorded from lat. 34°34' N. long. 

 75°50' W., southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C, 35 



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