WILLIAMS: CRABS OF THE GENUS CALLINECTES 



from Victory Bay, Cameroon, has two major 

 chelae. 



The holotype is an immature male somewhat 

 the worse for wear. The left chela is present but 

 dismembered from the body, as are other legs or 

 parts of legs and the abdomen. The left lateral 

 spine is broken about halfway along its length, 

 and only the left first gonopod remains. 



Figures provided by Irvine (9 and 13, 1932; 202 

 and 203, 1947) are difficult to assign to synonymy 

 with confidence, and both Capart (1951) and 

 Monod (1956) had trouble with them. Figures 13 

 and 202 could represent either C. gladiator or 

 marginatus, but 9 and 203 are labelled as C. 

 gladiator, yet internal carpal spines on the latter 

 indicate a species oiPortunus. Since the features 

 are sketchy, it is best to accept the author's desig- 

 nation with allowance for error. 



The specimen named by Leach (in Wfeite, 1847) 

 is an immature female with prominently ridged 

 areas on the carapace and straight lateral spines 

 typical of C. gladiator. There is a small mature 

 female in this same collection. 



Material. — Total: 80 lots, 412 specimens. 



226. 123094, Lagos, 23 May 1964, 18 6, 22 9, 1 juv, 

 Pillsbury Stn. 2. 120939, Lagos, 10 May 1965, 4 S, 

 6 9, Pillsbury Stn. 229. 120940, 04°06'N, 05°58'E 

 to 04°02'N, 06°04'E, 14 May 1965, 9 6, 11 9, 1 juv, 

 Pillsbury Stn. 250. 120941, 04°04'N, 06°18'E, 14 

 May 1965, 1 9, 1 juv, Pillsbury Stn. 252. 



FERNANDO p60 



120942, 03°35'N, 08°48'E, 15 May 1965, 1 juv, 

 Pillsbury Stn. 258. 



ZAIRE 



54251, Banana, mouth of Congo River, Aug. 

 1915, 1 <?, 1 9, H. Lang. 54252, Banana, mouth of 

 Congo River, no date, 1 3, H. Lang. 



AMNH. 4 lots, 7 specimens. 



ZAIRE 



3403 and 3470, Banana, Aug. 1915, 3 <J, 1 9, H. 

 Lang and J. Chapin. 



ANGOLA 



3385 and 3463, Santo Antonio do Zaire, Aug. 

 1915, 2 <?, 1 9, H. Lang and J. Chapin. 



USNM. 18 lots, 95 specimens. 



SENEGAL 



21384, Dakar, 3 May 1892, 1 3, O. F. Cook. 

 119469, Dakar Harbor, 25-26 July 1964, 2 cJ, 2 9, 

 Geronimo. 



BMNH. 19 lots, 64 specimens. 



GAMBIA 



1927.1.27.1, Cape St. Mary, 1 <?, T. R. Hayes, Sir 

 C. H. Armitage. 1952.9.9.19/20, 1 mi N Gunjur on 

 coast, 1 (5, 1 9, M. H. Routh. 



LIBERIA 



20670, Mouth of Mesurado, Monrovia, no date, 1 

 9 juv, O. F. Cook. 87395, Farmington River at 

 Snafu Docks, Nov. 1946, 3 c?, 1 9, H. A. Beatty. 

 97861 and 97862, off St. Paul River mouth, Mon- 

 rovia, 6 Jan. 1953, 2 9 (ov), G. C. Miller. 97863, off 

 St. Paul River mouth, Monrovia, 4 Mar 1953, 1 d, 

 G. C. Miller. 



IVORY COAST 



120937, 05°02.5'N, 03°49.5'W, 30 May 1964, 2 9, 

 Pillsbury. 



GHANA 



14879, Baya River, Elmina, Ashantee, 1889, 16 , 

 W. H. Brown, Jr., (Type). 



NIGERIA 



120938, Lagos, 9 May 1965, 1 6, Pillsbury Stn. 



SIERRA LEONE 



1955.10.7.35, Rokel estuary [NE Freetown], 1 9 

 juv, T. S. Jones. 1957.5.26.76/78, Banana I., 2 <J, 2 

 9, A. R. Longhurst. 1922.0.13.1/5, Sherbro I., 5 <J, 5 

 9 (juv), C. H. Allan. 



GHANA 



1931.5.21.1, Accra, 1 6, F. R. Irvine. Two unreg. 

 lots, Accra, 2 <J, 3 9 (1 ov), F. R. Irvine. 



NIGERIA 



1966.10.17.3/4, 1 6, 1 9,Ejike. 1938.8.15.47/48,5 

 juv, A. G. Taylor. 



CAMEROON 



1967.11.4.1/2, Ambas Bay [4°N, 9°10'E], Feb. 

 1966, 2 S, T. S. Jones. 1962.2.1.24/27, Victoria 

 Bay, 4 d, 1 9, J. T. Swarbrick. Unreg., Victoria Bay, 

 16 9 (3 ov), J. T. Swarbrick. Unreg., Cameroon 

 coast. Mar. 1962, 1 S, 1 9, R. C. Ward. 



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