PRIDEAUX S HERMIT CRAB. 



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DECAPOD A. 



JNOMOURA. 



PAGURlDuE. 



PRIDEAUX'S HERMIT CRAB. 



Pagurus PrideauxU. Leach. 



SjKcific Character. — Hands simply granulated ; internal antennae half as long 

 again as the eye- stalks ; terminal joints of the second and third pairs of legs 

 nearly straight, grooved on each side. 



Payurus Prideattx, 

 „ Prideauxiif 



Leach, Malac, Brit. t. xxvi. f. 5, 6. 

 Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust. II. p. 216. 



The present species resembles the foregoing in so many 

 respects, that it had doubtless been mistaken for it by 

 observers previous to its detection by Leach : it differs, 

 however, from it in several well-marked characters. The 

 anterior margin of the carapace has no median projection ; 



