OXYSTOMATOUS AND ALLIED CRABS OF AMERICA 



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Description. — Allied to R. loeds. Front similar; carina and lateral 

 angle of median tooth less evident; inner angle of outer frontal tooth 

 not spiniform. Propodus of chcliped elongate, two and one-half 

 times as long as \\ide; proximal margin of fixed finger forming a 



Figure i.—Raninoidcs benedicti: Male holotype (57685), dorsal view, enlarged. 



right angle with margin of palm; distal margin of same finger forming 

 much more than a right angle with margin of palm; dactyl very 

 long, considerably overreacliing fixed finger, and with one, sometimes 

 two, minute teeth near base of upper margin; tooth smaller than in 



Figure S.—Raninoides benedicti: a, Anterior portion of carapace; 6, distal half of right cheliped, upper 



surface. 



loevis. Dactyl of third ambulatory wider than in loevis, its posterior 

 margin more arcuate. 



Measurements. — Male holotype (57685), length of carapace 35.2, 

 width at middle 16.3; width between tips of hepatic spines 19, width 

 of front 12.8 mm. 



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