Figure 51. — Automate kingsleyi Hay. A, anterior part 

 of ovigerous female in lateral view ; B, anterior part of 

 body in dorsal view ; C, large chela ; D, uropods and 

 telson in dorsal view ; 1 mm. indicated ( C after Hay and 

 Shore, 1918). 



tennal peduncle by less than length of terminal 

 article. 



First pair of legs chelate, prismatic, unequal; 

 larger one appearing somewhat rougher and 

 stouter than smaller one ; fingers slightly gaping, 

 immovable finger in line with hand and broad at 

 base; dactyl narrower and moderately curved; 

 carpus short; merus nearly as long as dactyl. 

 Second pair of legs nearly as long as first but 

 slender, weakly chelate, and with carpus divided 

 into five joints with proportions of 1 : 1.25 : 0.80 : 

 0.66 : 0.80. Third to fifth legs with dactyls 

 simple. 



Abdomen well developed; compressed; with 

 strong pleopods. Telson tapering; truncate ter- 

 minally, ending in two short lateral spines flanked 

 medially by two longer spines and a median pair 

 of feathered setae; dorsally armed with two pairs 

 of spines, first pair at midlength, second at 

 three-fourths length. Uropods with oval blades; 

 lateral border of exopod deeply notched distally, 

 border ending in a small tooth flanked medially 

 by a strong movable spine. 



Measurements. — Length of body : ovigerous fe- 

 males, 7 to 16 mm. 



Color. — Almost transparent except for a small 

 amount of red pigment on appendages and telson. 



Habitat. — Unknown. 



Type locality. — Shark Shoal breakwater, near 

 Beaufort Inlet, N.C. 



Known range. — Known only from and near 

 type locality, and from Pelican Island, English 

 Harbor, Barbados (Schmitt, 1924a). 



Remarks. — Aside from the Barbados specimen, 

 only three specimens from the Beaufort, N.C, 

 area are known. The ovigerous type was taken 

 July 9, 1916, and another ovigerous female on 

 September 7, 1960. The third specimen is imma- 

 ture. Hay and Shore (1918) reported that the 

 type remained alive in the laboratory for over 

 a month, during which time the eggs dropped off 

 and the specimen molted twice without appre- 

 ciably increasing in size. 



Genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 



Banner, 1953, p. 46. — Hemming, 195Sb, p. 108. 



The status of the name Alpheus (and its confu- 

 sion in usage with the name Crangon, at least 

 among American workers during the first half 

 of this century) was in doubt until nomenclatural 

 stability was effected by the International Com- 

 mission on Zoological Nomenclature (Opinion 

 334). The Official List of Generic Names in 

 Zoology (Hemming, 1958b) now lists Alpheus 

 Fabricius, 1798, as the correct generic name for 

 the species here considered, and the Official Index 

 of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology 

 (Hemming, 1958a) lists the suppressed generic 

 names Alpheus Weber, 1795, and Crangon Weber, 

 1795, formerly applied to the species here con- 

 sidered. 



KEY TO SPECIES IN THE CAROLINAS 



a. Orbital hoods of carapace with a small spine in front 



forniosus (p. 64). 

 aa. Orbital hoods of carapace without a distinct spine, 

 b. Orbital hoods forming an anterior toothlike projec- 

 tion ; large hand with a groove above and below along 

 outer margin and between these grooves a thick tooth 



normanni (p. 65). 

 bb. Orbital hoods rounded anteriorly ; large hand broad 

 and notched on both margins, 

 c. Base of rostrum passing gradually into lateral 



dorsal surface heteroehaelis (p. 66). 



cc. Base of rostrum with borders sharply defined 



armxllatus (p. 67). 



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