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Galathea californiensis Benedict 
Galathea californiensis Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 26, 247, fig. 1, 
1902; Rathbun, H. A. E., 10, 166, 1904. 
Fig. 104. Galathea californiensis, g, X %4 (from Benedict, U. S. N. M.). 
Characters——Rostrum more than twice as long as the eyes, broad, flattened 
dorsoventrally, armed with two pairs of stout spines, sides parallel between 
spines; a pair of small spines at angle formed by base of rostrum and front. There 
are six spines on the margin of the carapace behind the antennal spine; on the 
gastric region there is a pair of spines directly behind the posterior pair on the 
rostrum. Chelipeds long, stout, very spiny, and moderately hairy. 
Dimensions.—Type, male: length from the front to end of the telson 61 mm., 
length of cheliped 100 mm. 
Type Locality.—Off Santa Cruz Island, California, 150 fathoms (‘‘ Albatross’’ 
station 2946). 
Distribution.—From Monterey Bay, California, to off Cerros Island, off Lower 
California, 57 to 2182 fathoms. 
Genus Munida Leach 
Rostrum long, slender, styliform, with a well developed supraorbital spine on 
either side of the base. Eyes generally large and well pigmented, ocular peduncles 
usually markedly dilated distally. Integument crisp. Carapace more or less 
