Measurements. — Carapace: male, length, 7 

 mm., width, 10 mm. ; female, length, 10 mm., 

 width, 14 mm. 



Habitat. — Three fathoms (Lunz, 1937a). 



Type locality. — Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Known range. — South Carolina, through Gulf 

 of Mexico to State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Remarks. — This species has been reported from 

 only a few widely separated areas. Rathbun 

 (1930a) reported ovigerous females in September 

 from Brazil. 



Genus Neopanope Milne Edwards, 1880 



Rathbun, 1930a, p. 366. 



KEY TO SUBSPECIES IN THE CAROLINAS 



a. Fingers white or light horn colored 



texana texana (p. 190). 

 aa. Fingers dark colored texana sayi (p. I'M)). 



Neopanope texana texana (Stimpson) 



Figures 172, 183F 



Panopeua texanus Stimpson, 1859, p. 55. 



Neopanope texana texana: Rathbun, 1930a, p. 3167, text -fig. 57, 

 pi. 168, figs. 1-2 (rev.). 



Recognition characters. — Carapace quite con- 

 vex in both directions, high in middle, length con- 

 tained in width about 1.3 times, greatest width at 

 fifth pair of anterolateral teeth. Carapace mi- 

 nutely pubescent, especially in female; regions de- 

 fined. First two anterolateral teeth coalesced, 

 separated by a shallow sinus; first tooth triangu- 

 lar, second arcuate ; third and fourth teeth sharp, 

 with tips pointing forward; fifth tooth short, 

 sharp, directed outward and upward; each of last 

 two -teeth with a short ridge extending inward. 

 Front slightly produced, rounded, with small 

 median notch. 



Chelipeds smooth, unequal, and dissimilar; 

 carpus with subdistal groove, fingers white or 

 horn colored in males, somewhat darker in fe- 

 males, color extending somewhat on palm and 

 terminating in a distinct line; no large tooth at 

 base of major dactyl. Walking legs long and 

 slender. 



Measurements. — Carapace: male, length, 21 

 mm.; width, 27 mm. 



Variation's. — In individuals 14 nun. wide and 

 smaller, the carpus is much rougher than I hat de- 

 scribed al)ove, has a sharper internal spine, ami a 

 longitudinal groove on the upper surface of t lie 

 palm. In individuals with a carapace width less 



Figure 172. — Neopanope texana texana (Stimpson). 

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

 indicated. 



than 5 mm., the first and second anterolateral 

 teeth are completely coalesced. Where the ranges 

 of N. t. texana and N. t. sayi overlap, specimens 

 are often found which share characters of both 

 subspecies (Rathbun, 1930a, p. 370, in part). 



Color. — Body mottled gray; a roughly W- 

 shaped grayish configuration on anterior half of 

 carapace with its anterior points located in mid- 

 line and behind orbits, and a less definite continua- 

 tion of this figure extending toward anterolateral 

 borders; hands of chelipeds mottled gray, fingers 

 with light tips; walking legs with narrow gray 

 cross bands alternating with lighter ground color. 



Habitat. — Most abundant in shallow water 

 where bottom is soft and there is vegetation 

 (Wass, 1955). Low tide to 28 fathoms. 



Type locality. — St. Josephs Island, Tex. 



Known range. — York River, Va., via Florida 

 Keys and Gulf coast to Laguna Madre, Tamauli- 

 pas, Mexico. 



Remarks. — Ovigerous females have been re- 

 ported in March from Florida (Rathbun, 1930a), 

 and they are known from North Carolina in July 

 and August. 



Neopanope texana sayi (Smith* 



Figures 173, 183G 



I'anopcUH sayi Smith. 1869a, p. 2S4. 



Neopanope texana tayi: Hay and Shore, 1918, p. 43S, p!. .'i4, 

 fig. 8.— Rathbun, 1930a, p. 369, text-fig. 58, pi. 168, figs. 3-4 

 l rev. J . 



tfeopunope texana niyrodigita Rathbun, 1934, pp. 3-4, lllus, 



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