XAXTHO FLORIDA. 



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DEC A POD A. 



BRACHYURA. 



CANCERIDJE. 



Xantlio florida. Leach . 



Specific character. Carapace deflexed anteriorly ; latero-anterior margin with 

 four strong obtusely triangular teeth ; fingers black, without grooves ; the second 

 to the fifth pairs of legs with the third joint only ciliated on the upper edge. 



Cancer floridus, MONTAGU, Trans. Linn. Soc. IX. t. ii. f. 1. p. 85. 



incisus, LEACH, Edinb. Encycl. VII. p. 391. 



Xantho iticita, Id. 1. c. p. 430. 



fiorida, Id. Trans. Linn. Soc. XI. p. 320. Malac. Brit. t. xi. 



floridus, EDWARDS, Hist. Crust. I. p. 394. 



THE carapace of Xantlio florida is about two-thirds as 

 long as it is broad ; the anterior portion somewhat de- 

 flexed ; the latero anterior margin with four strong ob- 

 tusely triangular teeth, and reaching nearly as far back as 



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