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analogous species of hepatus on opposite sides of the continent 



Atlantic Pacific 



princeps. kossmanni. 



HEPATUS PKINCEPS (Herbst) 



Plate 70, Figures 1, 2 



? Cancer thorace latiusculo convexo laevi, undique emarginato crenato, poslice con- 



tractiore peded non contegente; manibus cristalis Gronovius, Zoophylacium, 



vol. 2, no. 960, p. 223, 1764 (type locality, Martinique; type not located). 

 ? Cancer pudibundus Herbst, Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und 



Krebse, vol. 1, p. 199, 1785; after Gronovius. 

 Cancer princeps Herbst, Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse, 



vol. 2, p. 154, pi. 38, fig. 2, 1794 (type locality, "Ostindien"; type not extant). 

 Calappa angustata Fabricius, Supplementum entomologiae systematicae, p. 347, 



1798 (type locality, American Ocean; type not extant). 

 Hepatus fasciatus Latreille, Histoire naturelle . . . des Crustacfe, vol. 5, p. 388, 



1803 (type locality, American Ocean; type not extant). 

 Hepaihus calappoides Lamarck, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres, 



vol. 5, p. 268, 1818 (type locality, Antilles; type not located). 

 Hepatus angustatus Dana, U. S. Exploring Expedition, Crustacea, p. 394, pi. 25, 



fig. 2, 1852. — Heller, Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara, p. 69, 1865. 

 Hepatus tuberculatus Saussure, Mem. Soc. Phys. Nat. Hist. Geneve, vol. 14, p. 451 



[35], pi. 2, figs. 9, 9a, 1858 (type locality, Guadeloupe; type in Geneva Mus.). 

 Hepatus princeps von Martens, Arch, fiir Naturg., vol. 38, pt. 1, p. 112, 1872. 



Rathbun, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. for 1900, vol. 20, pt. 2, p. 86, 1901. 



Diagnosis. — Carapace covered with transverse lines or small spots. 

 Front bidentate, definitely advanced beyond the line of the suborbital 

 cavities; lower margin of cavities slightly arcuate. Last three seg- 

 ments of abdomen smooth. 



Description. — Anterior margin of front thick, obtuse, shghtly 

 bidentate. The line descending obhquely from the external orbital 

 angle to anterior border of carapace is marked with a few granules 

 chiefly on the lower half. Anterolateral margins divided into 12 or 

 13 teeth more or less rectangular, denticulate on their margins and not 

 projecting. About 8 transverse rows of granules on dorsum. Outer 

 face of hands with five rows of tubercles, exclusive of the marginal 

 ones. Dactyli with a coating of fur, except for a narrow, smooth line 

 on either side. 



Color. — Pale yellowish brown, with dark brown transverse fines, or 

 transverse series of spots; legs subochreous, with one or two large 

 purplish blotches in each joint. (Dana.) 



Measurements. — Male (24068), length of carapace 58, width 84 mm. 



Range. — Georgia to Brazil; west Africa; Cape of Good Hope 

 (Herklots); East Indies (Herbst). 



Material examined. — See table 75, pages 236. 



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