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p. 396), to which should be added 6 specimens from 5 stations, of which 

 station 25-33 was not previously recorded. 



Measurements: Largest mainland specimen, male: length 12.3 mm, 

 width including spines 14.5 mm, without spines 13.8 mm, rostrum 0.6 

 mm, width 1.7 mm, cheliped 20.5 mm, chela 11.7 mm, dactyl 6.2 mm, 

 height of palm 5.3 mm, ambulatory legs 16.5, 14.8. 13.5, and 12.1 mm, 

 respectively. Female: length 9.0 mm, width including spines 9.8 mm, 

 without spines 9.2 mm. Largest Galapagos specimen, male: length 16.1 

 mm. width including spines 18.6 mm, without spines 17.9 mm, rostrum 

 1.0 mm, width 2.4 mm, cheliped 28.4 mm, chela 16.6 mm, dactyl 9.6 

 mm, height of palm 8.0 mm, ambulatory legs 21.5, 18.2, 17.5, and 14.4 

 mm, respectively. Ovigerous female: length 12.4 mm, width including 

 spines 13.9 mm, without spines 13.2 mm. 



Color in life: In general olivaceous. (Crane) See also Garth (1946). 



Habitat: Rock pools and among corals. (Finnegan) Shore and tide- 

 pool collecting. (Schmitt) In coral and under stones at low tide. (Garth, 

 1948) Always in Pocillopora coral except for one specimen in a tide pool 

 and another at low-tide level in dead pearl oyster. (Crane, 1947) Han- 

 cock mainland specimens were taken most frequently in Pocillopora 

 coral (22 stations), often intertidally on rocky shore (17 stations), and 

 infrequently by dredging (10 stations). 



Depth: Intertidal and subtidal ; generally 1-10 fathoms, once to 20 

 fathoms; once in the Galapagos 40-70 fathoms. 



Size and sex: Gulf of California series: Males are from 5.5 to 6.9 

 mm, females from 3.5 to 6.2 mm, ovigerous females from 4.5 to 6.2 mm. 

 Bay of Panama series: males are from 4.0 to 12.3 mm, females from 

 3.6 to 9.3 mm, ovigerous females from 4.2 to 9.3 mm. Both series have 

 many young under 3.0 mm cracked from coral heads. The larger size 

 of Galapagos Islands specimens, with ovigerous females from 5.7 to 12.4 

 mm, should be noted. (See Measurements) 



Breeding: Ovigerous females were encountered by the Velero III 

 off Lower California in March, in the Gulf of California in February 

 and March, in the Revilla Gigedo Islands in January and June, off 

 southern Mexico in February and March, off Costa Rica in February, 

 off Panama in January, February, March, and May, off Colombia in 

 January and February, off Ecuador in January, and in the Galapagos 

 Islands from December to February. 



Remarks: It should not be concluded from the paragraph on variation 

 above that because a cline exists with respect to certain characters hereto- 

 fore found useful in separating Teleophrys cristulipes from T. tumidus, 



