TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page Plate 



Announcement I 



Preface _ 3 



Dedication _ 4 



Contents 5, 9 



Introduction 11 



Acknowledgments .^. 13 



Geographical distribution 13 



West Indian fauna 13 



Mediterranean fauna 17 



Labrador-New England fauna 18 



Tropical American Pacific fauna - 19 



Systematic discussion 21 



Order : Anomura 21 



Family: Paguridae - 21 



Subfamily: Pagurinae 21 



Genus: Petrochirus 21 



bahamensis 21 1 



Genus : Paguristes 25 



fecundus 25 2 



Genus: Calcinus 27 



explorator 27 3 



Subfamily : Eupagurinae 31 



Genus: Parapagurus - 31 



pilosimanus abyssorum 31 4 



Genus : Pagurus 34 



albus 34 5 



bernhardus 36 6 



longicarpus 39 7 



calidus - 42 8 



prideauxii 44 9 



Family: Coenobitidae 46 



Genus : Coenobita 46 



clypeatus - 46 10 



Family : Lithodidae 50 



Genus: Lithodes 50 



maia 50 11 



Family: Galatheidae - » 53 



Genus : Munida 53 



gregaria 55 12 



stimpsoni 55 13 



Genus: Munidopsis 57 



simplex 56 14 



Genus : Ptychogaster 59 



spinifera 59 15 



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