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Clibanarius, Dana, U.S, Explor. Exped. xiii, Crust. part i, p. 461, 
(1852). 
Front acute in the middle, ophthalmic segment not exposed. Hye 
peduncles very long and slender. External antenne with the basal 
scale short. External maxillipeds approximated at the base. Anterior 
legs similar, sub-equal, hand small, fingers opening horizontally, spoon- 
excavate, and corneous at the tips. Ambulatory legs smooth, usually 
marked with longitudinal coloured streaks, coxee approximate at base, 
the fourth pair chelate. Abdomen unsymmetrical, short, of the male 
without genital appendages. 
73. Clibanarius cruentatus. 
Pagurus cruentatus, M. Edw. Ann. Sci. Nat. x, p. 62, (1848). 
Anterior legs small and scarcely spinose. Ambulatory legs slender, 
nearly smooth, and moderately hairy. Colour, blood-red, with a 
number of white spots. (M. E.). 
New Zealand (Quoy and Gaimard). 
I have not seen this species. 
74. Clibanarius barbatus. 
Clibanarius barbatus, Heller, Voy. Novara, Crust. p. 90, pl. vii, 
fig. 5, (1865). 
Carapace rather setose, nearly naked in the middle, with the gastric 
region rounded in front and divided through the middle line, narrowed 
and truncate behind. Median tooth of the front acute, sub-carinate. 
Eyes greatly elongated, slender, reaching beyond the peduncle of the 
antenne.. Basal scale very acute. Ophthalmic scales bidentate, remote 
from one another. Anterior legs equal, wrist and hand spinose and 
pilose above. Legs of the second and third pair densely pilose above 
and below, with the finger little compressed, scarcely shorter than the 
tarsus, the nail acuté. Legs of uniform colour, becoming red towards 
the extremity. Length 13 in. (f1.). 
Auckland (Heller, Coll, Brit. Mus.). 
Distinguished from its congeners by the dense hairiness of the legs. 
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