DROMIA VULGARIS. 



869 



DEC APOD A. 



ANOMOURA. 



DROMIA D^E. 





Dromia vulgar is, Edwards. 



Specific Character. Carapace broader than it is long ; latero-anterior margin 

 with four strong teeth, the second having a tubercle at its base ; the last joint of 

 the abdomen in the male broader than it is long. 



Cancer dromia, 

 Dromia Rumphit, 



Dromia vulgaris, 



" Olivi Zool. Adriat. p. 45" (M. EDW.). 



Bosc, Hist, des Crust. I. p. 229. DESMAR. Consider. 



sur les Crnst. p. 137. BLAINV. Fauna Franc. Crust. 



t. vii. fig. !. Risso, Hist. Nat. de 1'Eur. Merid. V. p. 



32 EDW. Reg. anim, de Cuv. Edit. 3. Crust. II. f. 1. 

 EDW. Hist. Nat. des Crust. II. p. 173. 



THIS species, which has at length been undoubtedly proved 

 to inhabit our southern shores, and probably too in consi- 

 derable numbers, has the carapace strongly knobbed above, 

 especially at the anterior portion, and very much raised 

 so as to approach the globular form ; the front with three 

 teeth, which become less prominent by age ; there is a 



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