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BULLETIN 97, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fig. 112. — Pinnaxodes meinekti. a, Odtek maxilliped 

 OF FEMALE (5760), X 15i ; 6, abdomen of male holo- 



TYPE, X 8. 



closed, tips crossing, dactylus with a basal tooth; propodal finger 

 with margin in part denticulate, a larger tooth near its middle. 



Legs stout; propodites strongly tapering distally, that of third 

 leg 0.6 as wide as its length on anterior margin; dactyli broad at 



base and considerably 

 shorter than propo- 

 dites. 



The abdomen di- 

 minishes regularly 

 from third to seventh 

 segment, the latter 

 two-thirds as long as 

 its basal width. 



Descrijjtion of fe- 

 male. — Larger than 

 male, but general as- 

 pect similar. Palm 

 longer and fingers 

 shorter than in male, 

 the dactyl shorter 

 than upper edge of 

 palm. Fingers gaping when closed. Dactyli of legs shorter and 

 wider than in male. Abdomen longer but no wider than sternum. 



Measurements. — Male holotype, length of carapace 6.8, width of 

 same 7.9 mm. Female (M.C.Z.), length of carapace 11.7, width of 

 same 13.8 mm. 



Range. — Chile : Valparaiso to Talcahuano. 



Material examined. — 



Valparaiso; Mr. Kr0yer; 1 male holotype (Copenhagen Mus.). 



Talcahuano ; Hassler Exped. ; 1 female (5760, M.C.Z.) . 



PINNAXODES TOMENTOSUS Ortmann. 



Pinnaxodes tonientosus Ortmann, Zool. 

 Jahrb., Syst., vol. 7, 1894, p. 697, 

 pi. 23, figs. 9, 9i (type-locality, Brasi- 

 lien; cotypes in Strassburg Mus.). 



Diagnosis. — Carapace of female cir- 

 cular. Last segment of outer maxil- 

 liped not overreaching penult segment. 

 Legs very slender, propodites several 

 times longer than wide; dactyl of last 

 leg longest and straight. 



Description of female. — Entire body and feet covered with short, 

 soft felt. Chelipeds of medium size, chela rather long, palm over 

 twice as long as wide, toward the base somewhat smaller, margins 



a 



Fig. 113. — Pinnaxodes 

 sus, female, cotype. 

 maxilliped, X ABOUT 10 ; 6, 

 general outline, nat. size. 

 (Aftee Ortmann.) 



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