No. 10 GARTH : BRACHYURAN FAUNA OF THE GALAPAGOS 495 



Color in life. — From a Gulf of California specimen : ground color of 

 carapace light yellowish drab gray, overcast with tiny snowflakelike 

 blotches. Front dark scarlet red, extended on eyestalk. Ground color of 

 cheliped deep orange buff. Merus netted with light scarlet; carpus same 

 but much lighter scarlet ; hand overcast with scarlet spots, very dense on 

 upper surface and extending on fingers. A few large, carmine spots at the 

 distal end of the hand and on the fingers. Ambulatory legs a warm buff. 

 (Petersen) 



Habitat. — The gorgonian, Muricea miser Verrill, according to Crane. 



Depth. — 6-75 fms. (Crane) 



Remarks. — For a classic description of the remarkable association of 

 this rare xanthid crab and the gorgonian, Muricea miser Verrill, the 

 reader is referred to Crane (1937). 



Q. nitida is now recorded from the Galapagos Islands. 



Genus MALDI VIA Borradaile, 1903 



Maldivia Borradaile, In: J. S. Gardiner, Fauna and Geography of the 

 Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, vol. 1, pt. 1, pp. 269-270, 

 1903. 

 The following are the characters of this genus : ( 1 ) Carapace hexago- 

 nal, swollen, a little longer than broad, hairless, roughened with granula- 

 tions which pass into spines at the sides, and with indications of the 

 regions. (2) Front broad, triangular, widely grooved, bent strongly down- 

 wards. (3) Anterolateral edge toothed, about equal to postero-lateral. 

 Hind edge wavy. (4) Orbits large, very slanting, not fully closed. (5) 

 Abdomen of male seven-jointed. (6) Endostome ridges present, but not 

 very strong. (7) Eyesl^LVge. (8) ^/z/^nrafle with slender basal joints which 

 do not touch the front, and long flagella. (9) Merus of third maxilliped 

 about as long as broad, without a notch in the fore edge, which is straight. 



(10) Chelipeds stout, Pilumnus-like, fingers not hollowed at the tip. 



(11) Walking legs moderately stout. (Borradaile) 



Maldivia galapagensis Garth 

 Plate 80, Fig. 5 



Maldivia galapagensis Garth, Allan Hancock Pac. Exped., vol. 5, no. 2, 

 p. 22, pi. 8, figs. 1-6. 



Type locality. — Onslow Island near Charles Island, Galapagos 

 Islands, from Pavona coral in 2 fms. 



Type.—AYLY no. 385. 



