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STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



2. Cardiosoma armatum. 



Cardiosouia aruiatiim . . Herklots, Milne Edwards, 



De Haan. 



Resembles Cardiosoma carnifex, only the fourth joint 

 of the first pair of legs has many spines ; the palm of the 

 hand is granulated. 



Range. — Cape Verde Islands. 



3. Cardiosoma guanhumi. 



Cardiosoma znanhuini 



Latreille, H. Milne Ed- 

 w^ards, S. I. Smith, 

 Gibbes, Saussure. 



Gill, Smith. 



Saussure. 



Margraff. 



Labat. 



Berbice. 



Barbados. 



Freminville. 



Cardiosoma diiirnuin . . 

 Cardiosoma quadratuui . . 

 Cancer guaithumi . . . . 



Crabe blanc 



Bundory crab (local name) 

 White crab (local name) . 

 Ocypoda gigantea 

 Ocypoda ruricola (?) 



The colour is a uniform blue-green ; in the Barbados 

 specimen, yellowish below. 



Carapace, much swollen laterally, is prolonged beyond 

 the line indicating the antero - lateral border, which is 

 indistinct. The tooth, placed at the external orbital 

 angle, very small or only indicated. 



First pair of legs long ; the largest on either side, 

 usually the left. The hand very large in the male, some- 

 times as large as the body ; fingers very curved, and meet- 

 ing at their extremity only when closed ; the last joint of 



