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line of spines on the upper surface and a series of tubercle-like 

 elevations at the base of the setae clusters ; the tip is horny, black, 

 curved, and with one or two subdistal, horny spines on the inferior 

 margin. 



The fourth pair of legs is subchelate and the fifth pair is 

 weakly chelate. 



References: Pagums spinimanus, Edwards, H. M., Ann. Sci. 

 Nat. Zool., ser. 3, t. X, 1848, p. 61.— Dana, J. D., U. S. Explor. 

 Exped. Crust., vol. XIII, pt. I, 1852, p. 452, pi. 28, fig. 5a-c.— 

 Ortmann, a., Zool. Jahrb. Syst., Bd. VI, 1891-92, p. 286.— 

 Zehntner, F., Revue Suisse Ann. Mus. Zool. Geneve, t. II, 

 1894, p. 191. — Alcock, A., Catal. Indian Decap. Crust., pt. II, 

 Anomura, Fasc. I, Paguridae, 1905, p. 168. 



Genus: ANICULUS Dana 

 Aniculus aniculus (Fabricius) 



Plate 8 



Type: Fabricius' type came from the Indian Ocean, and if 

 still extant, is probably in the British Museum of Natural Histoiy. 



Distribution: Mozambique, East Africa (Hilgendorf ) ; 

 Mauritius (H. M. Edwards, as He de France; Ortmann, Rich- 

 ters) ; Grand Port, Mauritius (Bouvier) ; Reunion Island (A. M. 

 Edwards) ; Seychelles Islands (Hilgendorf, Richters, Miers) ; 

 Rodriguez Island (Miers, Alcock); Coetivy (Laurie); India: 

 Tuticorin, Muttuwartu Par, South India, Gulf of Manaar 

 (Henderson) ; Kelantan (Lanchester) ; Japan (de Man) ; Japan: 

 Sagami Bay, Tokio Bay (Ortmann) ; Simoda, Japan (Stimpson) ; 

 Moretown Bay, Queensland, East Australia (McCulloch) ; Auck- 

 land, New Zealand (Thomson, Heller), New Zealand (Miers); 

 South Seas (many early writers, Alcock, Cano) ; Ellice Islands: 

 Funafuti Atoll (Whitelegge) ; Funafuti (Borradaile) ; Rotuma 

 (Borradaile) ; Fiji Islands, Samoa (Miers) ; Society Islands (Al- 

 cock, Boone) ; Paumotu Archipelago, also Wake Island (Dana) ; 

 Whitsunday Island (Owen) ; Marokau, South Marutea, Fakahina 

 (Nobili). 



Material examined: One specimen, taken on Venus Point 

 Reef, Tahiti, Society Islands, August 15, 1931. 



