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CRUSTACEA MALACOSTRACA. 



28. Munidopsis Antonii A. M.-Edw. 



PI. Ill, figs. 3 a— 3 b. 



1884. Galathodes Antonii A. Milne-Edwards, in Filhol, La Nature Vol. XII, p. 231, fig. 2 (teste A. M.-Edw. 



& Bouvier). 

 1888. Munidopsis Antonii Henderson, Challenger Anomura, T. XXVII, p. 151, PI. XVIII, fig. i. 

 ! 1900. — — A. ]\Iilne-Ed\vards &: Bouvier, Exp. Scient. du Travailleur et du Talisman, 



Crust. Dec, I, p. 321, PI. IV, fig. 2, PI. XXX, figs. 21—25. 



Occurrence. This species was taken by the "Ingolf at a single station. 



Southern Part of Davis Straits: St. 36, 6i°5o'N. L., 56°2i'\V. L., 1435 fni., temp. 1-5°; i spec. 



Distribution. A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier note the species from two points north of the 

 Azores at 42° 15' N. L. and 42° 19' N. L. where the depth was 2114 and 2133 fni. In the "Challenger" 

 the species is noted from west of \'alparaiso, 1375 fathoms and S. W. of Australia, 1800 fm. 



Remarks. My single specimen, a female, has been compared both with the descriptions of 

 A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier and with a co-type from the Paris Museum. My specimen differs onh' 

 in that the rostrum is somewhat longer, the spine on the outer corner of the second antennal segment 

 longer and more pointed, reaching out a little past tlie centre of the outer margin of the following 

 joint, and lastly in that it has four pairs of spines on the gastric area. In all other re.spects, viz. 

 antennules, eyes, granulation on the thorax, spines and granulation on the legs, it agrees with the 

 description and the Paris specimen. Concerning the rostnmi it ma\' be remarked that, according to 

 the measurements of the French authors, this was 14-5 mm. long in a female in which the cephalothorax 

 witli rostrum was 45 mm., that is, scarcely a third of the latter length; in my specimen the cephalo- 

 thorax with rostrum is 26 mm., the mucli upward curved rostrum 8-8 mm., tlius a little over a third 

 of the whole length. For the rest, ni\' figures of tlie cephalothorax will show the details in the spiny 

 armature. 



29. Munidopsis siniilis Smilli. 



PI. HI, figs. 4 a -4 b. 



1885. Munidopsis similis S. I. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, p. 496. 



! 1887. — — — Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries for 1885, p. 647, PI. V, figs, i — le, 



PL VI, figs. 2—2 a. 



Occurrence. This species has been taken once b}- the "Ingolf. 



West of Iceland (halfway between Iceland and Greenland): St. 11: 64'' 34' N. L., 3i°i2'W. L., 

 1300 fm., temp. i-6°; i spec. 



Distribution. M. similis was founded on a specimen taken off the east coast of America at 

 39°46'/VN. L. in 1060 fm.; J/ crassa Smith, to which M. similis appears to belong as a variety, was 

 founded on a specimen taken off the east coast of America at 36° 16' V N. L., in 2574 fm. There is also 

 considerable probability that Munidopsis stibsqunmosa \-ar. aculeata Hand, belongs to M. crassa ■\- 

 M. similis and this form was taken by the "Challenger" west of Patagonia, 1450 fm. and "between 

 Marion Island and the Crozets", 1375 fm. 



