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PINNOTHERID^. 



DEC A POD A. 

 BRACHYURA. 



PINNOTHERIDM. 



1. «. , 



Pinnotheres vcterum. Leach. Male and Female. 



PINNA PEA-CRAB. 



Pinnotheres veterum. 



specific character. — Mak. Carapace suhquadrate, rounded, the front slightly 

 emarginate. Female. — Carapace broader than it is long ; ahdomen broadly 

 ovate, longer than it is broad. 



Pinnotheres veterum, Bosc, Hist. Nat. des Crust. I. 243. Leach, Malac. 



Brit. t. XV. f. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Edw. Hist, des Crust. 

 IL p. 32. 

 „ Pinnce, Leach, Edinb. Encycl. VIL p. 431. V. Thomp- 



son, Ent. Mag. III. p. 89. 

 „ Montagui, Leach, Malac. Brit. t. xv. f. 6. Edw. 1. c. p. 32. 



The male of this species has the carapace less solid than 

 P. Pisimi, rather broader than it is long, rounded, slightly 

 quadrate, with the front slightly emarginate ; the hands 

 are ovate, with the fingers arched ; the remaining feet very 

 similar to those of P. Pisum. The abdomen gradually 

 and evenly decreasing towards the extremities, the last 



