2. ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



manuscript and offered encouragement and advice. Dr. Alceu Lemos de 

 Castro, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, provided information on a 

 Brazilian crab. Mr. W. I. Follett of the California Academy of Sciences 

 advised the author on certain problems of nomenclature. The illustra- 

 tions of Pachycheles chacei are the work of Glennis Sayers, Hancock 

 Foundation staff artist. Finally, thanks are due to the administration of 

 the Hancock Foundation for permission to undertake and time to 

 complete this report. 



Galatheidae 



GALATHEA Fabricius, 1793 

 Galathea rostrata A. Milne Edwards 



Galathea rostrata A. Milne Edwards, 1880, p. 47 (type locality, Blake 

 Sta. 39, 16 mi NW of Islas Jolbos). A. Milne Edwards and 

 Bouvier, 1894, p. 252, text-f^g. 1; 1897, p. 14, pi. 1, figs. 1-5. 

 Benedict, 1902, p. 303. Hay and Shore, 1918, p. 402, pi. 29, 

 fig. 4. Chace, 1942, p. 30. 

 Previous records. — 

 North Carolina, vicinity of Beaufort, 14 fms: Fish Hawk (Hay and 

 Shore). Gulf of Mexico, off Florida, 13-50 fms: Bache (A. Milne 

 Edwards and Bouvier, 1897) ; 16 mi NW of Islas Jolbos [N of Yuca- 

 tan], 14 fms: Blake (A. Milne Edwards). Incertae sedis, off Touton, 

 12-18 fms: (A. Milne Edwards and Bouvier, 1897). 



Material exafnined. — 

 A73-45. 1% mi ENE of Hillsboro Light, Florida; June 5, 1945; 21 

 fms; coll. L. A. Burry. l?ov. 

 Measure/nents. — The single specimen measured 4.0 mm. 

 Remarks. — Chace (1942, p. 30) listed the main characters separating 

 Galathea rostrata from G. agassizi A. Milne Edwards, the only other 

 western Atlantic member of the genus. 



MUNIDA Leach, 1820 

 Munida pusilla Benedict 



Munida pusilla Benedict, 1902, p. 268, text-fig, 16 (type locality, Alba- 

 tross Sta. 2405, Gulf of Mexico off Florida). Chace, 1942, p. 33. 

 Previous records. — 

 Florida, off S end, 56 fms: Albatross. Gulf of Mexico, off Florida, 24- 

 30 fms, and N of Yucatan, 24 fms : Albatross. New Providence Island. 

 Off Venezuela, 73 fms: Albatross. (All records by Benedict) 



