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A. E. Verrill — Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



large reef corals. It has been recorded from Florida and through 

 the West Indies to Brazil. Fernando de Noronba (Pocock). Colon 

 (Stimpson). Porto Rico (Ratlibiiii). 



Actsea setigera (M.-Edw.) A. M.-Edw. 



Xantho Si-tiger M.-Edw., Hist. Crust., i, p. 390, 1834. 



Actcea sefigera A. M.-Edw., Nouv. Arch. Mus., i, p. 271, pi. xviii, fig. 2, 



1865 ; Miss. Sci. Mex., v, p. 244, 1879. Rantin, op. cit., p. 529, 1900. M. J. 



Rathbun, Brach. and Macr. Porto Rico, p. 34, 1901. 



Figure 11. 



While living this small crab is densely covered with short hairs to 

 which fine white shell-mud adheres, often effectually concealing it 

 when resting on the bottom. When cleaned the color is reddish 

 brown to purplish red, with paler legs. The carapace and legs are 

 closely granulated beneath the hairs ; the dactylus of the chelae is 

 deeply grooved and hairy. 



Figure 11. — Hairy Crab, Actoea setigera, nat. size. Phot. A. H. V 



Measurements of Bermuda specimens. 



length 



16 

 16 



r. 10 



r 

 jl. 17 

 jr. 15 



15 

 16 



Chelae 



height 



9 

 9 

 5 

 9.5 



8 

 8 



It occurs in shallow water bays and on the reefs. Taken by nearly 

 all Bermuda collectors. Good specimens were in the collection of 

 J. M. Jones (812, a, b). We found it common on rocky shores, 

 usually under stones or in crevices. A small specimen was taken on 



