A. E. Verrill — Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



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Measurements for proportions of Carapace. 



The first seven series of the above are by Prof. S. 1. Smith. 



This species has large and curiously shaped larval stages (see S. I. 

 Smith, these Trans., iv, p. 263). It evidently lives a long time in 

 the free-swimming zoea and megalops forms. This, no doubt, 

 accounts in part, at least, for its wide distribution. At Bermuda it 

 is common in sheltered sandy bays and lagoons in shallow water, 

 but is probably more abundant at greater depths. It was taken by 

 us in Castle Harbor and Hungry Bay. It was in the early collec- 

 tions of J. M. Jones, Mr. Goode, C. Hartt Merriam, and others. 



Its normal range extends from off Cape Hatteras to Brazil and 

 S. Africa. Taken by the Albatross in 1884, off N. Carolina, in 13-2 7 

 fathoms (Smith). Beaufort, N. C. (Stimpson, Kingsley) ; Charles- 

 ton, S. C. (Gibbes); Egmont Key, W. Fla. (Yale Mus.); Dominica 

 I., taken in fish-pots in 5-l(» fathoms (A. H. Yerrill, 1906, Yale Mus.); 

 Brazil (Smith); Simons Bay, Cape G. Hope (Miers). 



The megalops stages are frequently carried northward b}^ the 

 Gulf Stream to southern New England at Woods Hole, Newport, 

 etc., in large numbers. In mild winters a few survive. Specimens 

 1 to 2 inches across have been taken at Woods Hole b}' Mr. Yinal 

 Edwards and others. l(See S. I. Smith, these Trans., iv, p. 263.) 



