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Key to the Species of the Genus Taliepus 



la. Propodites of ambulatory legs with an inferior distal tooth. Post- 

 orbital tooth wanting; preorbital tooth present. An hepatic tooth 

 in addition to anterolateral tooth. Apex of male first pleopod not 

 flaring. Southern Hemisphere. 

 2a. Three lateral teeth ; margin strongly rimmed. Propodal 



teeth strong in adults marginatus 



2b. Four lateral teeth ; margin not strongly rimmed. Propodal 

 teeth small in adults dentatus 



lb. Propodites of ambulatory legs lacking inferior distal tooth. A 

 small postorbital tooth; preorbital tooth wanting. A branchial 

 and an anterolateral tooth, but no hepatic tooth between the 

 latter and the orbit. Apex of male first pleopod flaring. Northern 

 Hemisphere nuttalli 



Taliepus nuttalli (Randall) 

 Plate L, Fig. 8 ; Plate 22 



Epialtus nuttallii Randall, 1839, p. 109. Gibbes, 1850, p. 173. Stimpson, 

 1857b, p. 458. Lockington, 1877c, p. 77. Rathbun, 1898, p. 572; 

 1904, p. 173; 1923b, p. 634. Holmes, 1900, p. 23. Weymouth, 

 1910, p. 29. Hilton, 1916, p. 69, fig. 9. Schmitt, 1921, p. 202, text- 

 fig. 125. Johnson and Snook, 1927, p. 367, fig. 319. 



Libinia nuttallii, Randall, 1839, pi. 3 [inscribed 1] (error for Epialtus) . 



Epialtus (Taliepus) nuttallii, A. Milne Edwards, 1878, p. 138. 



Epialtus (Antilibinia) nuttallii, Rathbun, 1894, p. 69. 



Taliepus nuttallii, Rathbun, 1925, p. 162, pis. 50, 51, text-fig. 61. Rick- 

 etts and Calvin, 1939, p. 81, fig. 36; 1948, p. 81 (not fig. 36). 



Taleipus nuttallii, Meredith, 1939, p. 106 (figured). 



Type: Male and female cotypes, Philadelphia Academy No. 598. 



Male cotype 101.6 by 76.2 mm, fide Schmitt. 



Type locality: Upper California, Thomas Nuttall, collector. 

 Localities subsequently reported, with collectors: California: Santa 



Barbara, D. S. Jordan (Rathbun, 1894); Venice, Anton Dohrn, and 



San Pedro, H. N. Lowe (Rathbun, 1925); Santa Catalina Island 



(Holmes); Catalina Harbor, W. H. Dall (Rathbun, 1894, 1925); 



Isthmus Harbor and Avalon Bay, Anton Dohrn (Rathbun, 1925) ; 



Laguna Beach (Hilton) ; La Jolla, W. L. Schmitt, and Pt. Loma, 



Albatross (Rathbun, 1925) ; San Diego, H. Hemphill (Rathbun, 1894) ; 



United States-Mexico boundary, E. A. Mearns (Rathbun, 1925). 



