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BULLETIN 129, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



ambulatory leg furnished on the lower side with a cup-shaped 

 expansion. 



A small acute tooth projects forward from the an tero- external angle 

 of the basal antennal article; laminiform margins very prominent, 

 especially the inner one, which is deepest at about its middle, at 

 which point there is a transverse, bilobed crest on the article. Inter- 

 antennular partition prolonged downward at middle in a sharp tooth. 



Chelipeds of both sexes with palm not dilated and fingers almost 

 meeting throughout their length. First pair of legs much longer than 

 those following, merus rather stout; all the legs have a long propodus 

 with a very slight thumb-process, and a little-curved dactylus. 



Measurements. — Male (18076), length of carapace 18, width 12.5 

 mm. Female (18076), length 20, width 16, length of first leg 60 mm. 



Range. — Florida, from Cape Florida through Straits of Florida to 

 Gulf coast. Depth, 21 to 60 fathoms. 



Material examined. — See table, page 53. 



Fig. 13.— Podochela baebaeensis, X 2. Legs 1, 2, and 4 are Cat. No. 29955, U.S.N.M., and may 



BE FROM DIFFERENT SPECIMENS: LEG 3 13 CAT. NO. 48256, U.S.N.M. Q. FIRST LEG. 6. SECOND LEG. 



c. Third leg. d. Fourth leg 



PODOCHELA BARBARENSIS Rathbun 



Plate 20, figs. 3 and 4 



Podochela barbarensis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 64, art. 14, 

 1924, p. 1 (type-locality, off Brockway Point, Santa Rosa Island, Califor- 

 nia; 38-45 fathoms; station 4431, Albatross; 2 males, Cat. No. 48256, 



U.S.N.M.). 



Diagnosis. — Rostrum a long spine. Antennae filiform. First leg 

 very much longer than the others. Two median tubercles on first 

 segment of abdomen. 



