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The characteristic features of this species are the lack of tubercles or 
processes on the lateral processes and legs, lack of noticeable spines on 
the body or legs, and the simple slitlike femoral cement gland of the 
male. There are no ventral growths on the proboscis of the female. 
Some specimens, particularly those from the Caribbean, are quite 
large, with an extent of at least 3 inches (7.5 cm.), while those found at 
Woods Hole and on the South Carolina coast are about half that size. 
A specimen intermediate in size was taken off Yucatan (Albatross 
station 2354). The distribution of these two forms is indicated by 
different symbols in figure 26. Some of the large Caribbean speci- 
mens are deep purple in color in life, as are many of the smaller Woods 
Hole specimens. 
Wilson (1880, p. 483) lists a specimen from Eastport, Maine, and in 
the National Museum collection there is a single specimen labeled 
“Casco Bay, 1873.”’ Both of these records may be errors in labeling; 
at any rate, A. lentus is rare north of Cape Cod. Its abundance at 
Calibogue Sound, not far from Charleston, suggests that Say’s 
Anaphia pallida is the same species, inasmuch as Charleston was the 
type locality of Say’s species. 
The breeding season of A. lentus at Woods Hole is August (Cole, 
1901); ovigerous males were taken in June at Beaufort, N. C., and in 
April from Calibogue Sound. None of the Caribbean specimens are 
ovigerous. 
Dawson has described the colored corpuscles in the blood of this 
species in some detail. The coloring matter is neither hemoglobin nor 
hemerythrin, and may have some respiratory function. 
ANOPLODACTYLUS INSIGNIS (Hoek) 
FiGureE 28, d-g 
Phoxichilidium insigne Horx, 1881, pp. 82-84, pl. 14, figs. 5-7 [? p. 107, pl. 16, 
fig. 18). 
Anoplodactylus insignis bermudensis Coun, 1904b, pp. 325-327, pl. 20, figs. 1-3; 
pl. 22, figs. 21-29. 
Anoplodactylus insignis Marcus, 1940b, pp. 58-60. 
Anoplodactylus insignis bermudensis Marcvs, 1940b, p. 40. 
Anoplodactylus insignis HepGrEtu, 1943b, p. 45. 
FISH HAWK RECORDS 
Station Number of 
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