70 CRUSTACEA FROM THE BAHAMAS 



DECAPODA 



BRACHYURA-CATOMETOPA 



Family Ocypodidae Ortmann 



i. Ocypode arenaria (Catesby) 



Cancer arenarius Catesby, History of the Carolinas, II, p. 35, 1771. 



Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., 1880, p. 184. 



Ortmann, Zoo.l Jahrb., VII, p. 765, 1894. 



(a) 5 S , 2 $ . Near Nassau, N.P., Jan. 24, 1890. 



Range : South shore Long Island to Rio Janeiro. 



Collected at Cuba, Jamaica, St. Thomas, New Providence. 



2. Uca platydactyla (Milne-Edwards) 



Gelasimus platydaclylus Milne-Edwards, Hist, des Crustaces, II, 

 P- 51*1837. 



G. heterocheles Kingsley, I.e., 1880, p. 137. 



(a) 4 $ . Under sides of stones, Dix Point, near Nassau, N.P., 

 Feb. 4, 1890. 



(b)S $, 7 9. 



Range : East and west coasts Central America, West Indies. 



Collected at Jamaica. 



3. Uca vocator (Herbst) 



Cancer vocator Herbst. Naturder Krabben u. Krebse, III, pt. IV, 

 1804. 



Gelasimus vocator Martens; Kingsley, I.e., 1880, p. 147. 



(a) 1 $. Bahama Islands. 



Range: East coast of America, west coast of Mexico, Panama, 

 West Indies. 



Collected at Bahamas, Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica. 



4. Uca stenodactyla (M. Edwards et Lucas) 



Gelasimus stenodactylus, M. Edwards et Lucas in D'Orbigny's 

 Voyage, 1843. 



Kingsley: I.e., 1880, p. 154. Ortmann: I.e., p. 760, 1894. 



(a) 1 $ . Common in mud on west side of Andros Island, near Red 

 Cays, April 17, 1890. 



