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1869. 
1894. 
38. Sesarma (Holometopus) elongata A. Milne-Edwards. 
Sesarma elongatum A. Milne-Edwards. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 
t. 5, Bull. p. 30 — Madagascar. 
Sesarma elongata de Man. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., Bd. 2 p. 645 — 
no new locality. 
Sesarma elongata de Man. Notes Leyden Museum, v. 14 p. 256 — 
description of type specimen. 
Sesarma elongata Ortmann. Denkschr. med.-naturwiss. Gesellsch. 
Jena, Bd. 8 p. 56 — Dar-es-Salaam (KE. Africa). 
39. Sesarma (Parasesarma) erythrodactyla Tess. 
Sesarma erythrodactyla Hess. Arch. Naturgesch., Jahrg. 31. 1. 
p. 151, pl. 6 f. 10 — Sydney. 
Sesarma erythrodactyla Haswell. Cat. Austral. Crust., p. 109 — Sydney. 
Sesarma erythrodactyla de Man. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., Bd. 2 p: 656 
and 686 — Sydney (description of co-type). 
Sesarma erythrodactyla de Man. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., Bd. 4 p. 486 — 
no locality (description of co-type). 
Sesarma erythrodactyla de Man. Notes Leyden Museum, y. 12 
p- 100 — Sydney and Pacific. 
Sesarma erythrodactyla Ortmann. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., Bd. 7 p. 726 — 
Sydney and Japan. 
Sesarma (Parasesarma) erythrodactyla de Man. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., 
Bd. 9 p. 189 — description of types. 
Specimens in the Museum: 
2 6’, Sydney, Schiitte coll. 
f examined by de Man 1890. 
30, juv., Pacific. ‘s ee 
39a. Sesarma (Parasesarma) erythrodactyla africana Ortmann. 
Sesarma quadrata Hilgendorf (nec Fabricius). v. d. Decken’s Reisen 
in Ost-Afrika, Bd. 3. 1. p. 90, pl. 3 f. 3¢, pl. 4. f. 3 — Zanzibar. 
Sesarma erythrodactyla var. africana Ortmann. Denkschr. med.- 
naturwiss. Gesellsch. Jena, Bd. 8 p. 56 — Mikindani and Dar- 
es-Salaam (EH. Africa). 
According to Ortmann this subspecies is distinguished from the type 
by a less developed granular transverse crest of the palm, by the ab- 
sence of a longitudinal granular row at the outer surface of the same, 
by longer dactyli, as long as their respective propodites, and by the pre- 
sence of an obtuse, dentate lobe (no spine) at the distal part of the arm 
