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Exception to the above description, and to that of Rathbun (1925, 

 p. 49), is taken in minor detail. The dactyli of the first pair of walking 

 legs are to their propodi in the ratio of 1 :3.8, or nearer one-fourth than 

 one-third of their length, while those of the fourth pair are five-eighths 

 times their propodi, instead of one-half. These discrepancies were of no 

 great import until it became necessary to distinguish Podochela hemphilli 

 from P. angulata, a species unknown to Holmes and undescribed at the 

 time of Rathbun's writing. It should also be pointed out that the seg- 

 ments of the male sternum, while separated to some extent, are by no 

 means as deeply separated as are those of P. vestita, for example. 



Podochela angulata Finnegan 

 Plate F, Figs. 1-6 ; Plate H, Fig. 3 ; Plate 8, Fig. 6 



Podochela angulata Finnegan, 1931, p. 617, text-fig. 3. Garth, 1948, 

 p. 21. 



Type: Female holotype, in British Museum, length 9 mm, width 

 7 mm. 



Type locality: Gorgona Island, Colombia, St. George expedition. 



Localities subsequently reported, with collectors: Colombia: Utria 

 Bay [Port Utria], 12-22 m, Askoy (Garth) ; Ecuador: Lat. 00° 55' N, 

 Long. 80° 08' W, 36-54 m, Askoy (Garth). 



Atlantic analogue: Podochela gracilipes Stimpson. 



Diagnosis: Rostrum of intermediate length, ending in a blunt spine. 

 Postorbital granule inconspicuous or wanting. First ambulatory leg three 

 and one-half times carapace length, including rostrum, dactyl unarmed 

 and equaling one-third the length of propodus. One tubercle on first 

 abdominal segment. Dactylus of fourth walking leg almost equaling 

 propodus. Male cheliped somewhat inflated. Curved hair count 22-24. 



Description: Since the original description (Finnegan, 1931, p. 617) 

 is in its entirety a comparison with two Atlantic species, Podochela 

 grossipes and P. macrodera Stimpson, and since these two species are not 

 available to the majority of west coast workers, a new description, based 

 upon the large male from Utria Bay, Colombia, obtained by the Askoy 

 expedition and figured on Plate F, is here presented : 



Carapace narrowly triangular, regions shallowly delimited, surface 

 smooth and bare except for customary hooked hairs arranged in well 

 defined tracts. Rostrum surmounted by two double rows of curved setae, 

 broad at base, tapering rapidly to midpoint, continued forward as a 

 thickened, blunt spine with a rounded tip; length of rostrum between 



