110 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL.21 



Measurements: Largest specimen, a male from Velero III station 

 945-39: length 12.6 mm, width 9.1 mm, rostrum 2.0 mm, width 1.7 

 mm, cheliped 15.6 mm, chela 7.2 mm, dactyl 3.5 mm, height of palm 

 2.6 mm, ambulatory legs 38.8, 29.4, 25.5, and 19.5 mm, respectively. 

 Female, same station: length 11.0 mm, width 8.1 mm. 



Habitat: Most frequently encountered on a bottom of sand with 

 shell or nullipores. Less frequently found on bottoms of sandy mud or 

 rock. Finnegan (op. cit.) lists shells, dead coral, and gravel overgrown 

 by Polyzoa [Bryozoa] and Lithothamnia. 



Depth: 5-35 fathoms. 



Breeding: An ovigerous female was taken by the Askoy off Ecuador 

 in April. (Garth, 1948) 



Remarks: The Velero III series includes a topotype male and female 

 from station 223-34. The female specimen, although small, agrees well 

 with Finnegan's figure and description of the female holotype. The 

 Askoy expedition specimens, male and female, are used for purposes of 

 illustration with permission of Mr. John Armstrong of the American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



As mentioned in the Askoy report (Garth, 1948, p. 21), a male 

 specimen from the type locality, Gorgona Island, Colombia, was sent to 

 the British Museum for comparison with the female holotype, along 

 with a female specimen from Secas Islands, Panama, previously identified 

 as Podochela angulata by Mary J. Rathbun. The opinion expressed by 

 Isabella Gordon was that the male was undoubtedly P. angulata, and 

 the female, although representing the opposite extreme in rostral develop- 

 ment, was probably of the same species also. She volunteered the in- 

 formation that the rostrum of the holotype might have been damaged 

 at some time during the life of the crab and reaffirmed that most of the 

 appendages are missing. 



A specimen from station 213-34, La Plata Island, determined by 

 Mary J. Rathbun as Podochela angulata, is definitely not of this species, 

 as it has a prominent postorbital spine, no lateral flare to the carapace, a 

 bifid rostrum, and a dactylus of leg 4 which falls considerably short of 

 equaling the propodus in length. It is listed under material examined of 

 P. veleronis. 



