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Heteractaea ceratopus (Stimp.) A. M.-Edw. 



Pilumnus ceratojms Stimpson, Annals Lye. Nat. Hist., New York, vii, p. 315 



[87], 1860; and vol. x, p. 109, 1871. 

 Heteractcea ceraiopus A. Milne-Ed w., Sci. Miss. Mexico, part v, i, p. 300, pi. 



Hi, figs. 3-3rf, 1880. Kingsley, op. cit., 1879, p. 396. Rankin, Crust. 



Bahamas, Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., xi, p. 232, 1898. Verrill, Trans. Conn. 



Acad., X, p. 575, 1900 (Bermuda). 



Figure 13. 



This is easily recognized by the very spinose character of the 

 marginal teeth of the carapace and the spiniforni tubercles of the 

 chelipeds. The dactylus and thumb are black ; the distal part of 

 the manus lii^ht red. 



Figure 13. — Heteractcea ceratopus, $ from Bermuda, about nat. size. Phot, by 

 A. H. V. 



This species is apparently very rare at the Bermudas. It is not 

 contained in any of the recent collections examined, nor was it in 

 the earl}' collections of Jones and Goode. One adult specimen was 

 taken by our party in 1898. 



It ranges from Florida to Antilles. Florida (Stimpson). Baha- 

 mas (S. I. Smith, coll. Bryant). Guadeloupe (Stimpson). Dominica 

 I. (A. H. Verrill, 1906.) 



