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S. Kemp : Notes on Crustacea Decapoda. 



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C. macrophthahna (Milne-Edwards), as redescribed by Nobili, 1 

 appears to be closely related to this species, agreeing with it in the 

 stout form of the third maxilliped, in the serration of the distal 

 margin of the carpus of the second leg and in the remarkable 

 form of the dactylus in the same limb. The rostrum, however, 

 bears only 1 tooth above and is unarmed ventrally ; the chela of 

 the first leg is less than half as long as the carpus and the spine at 



Text-kig. 97. — Coralliocaris gvaminea (Dana). 

 a. Second peraeopod. b. Fingers of second parneopod. 



the distal end of the upper border of the merus of the second 

 leg is larger than that at the outer distal angle of the lower border. 



235/7. P° rt Blair, Andamans. 

 C 423/1. Port Blair, Andamans. 

 C 424/1. Port Blair, Andamans. 

 C 425/1. Pamban, Gulf of IWanaar. 

 7239/10. Seychelles. 

 1430. 'South Sea.' 



I have also seen specimens belonging to the Paris Museum from 

 New Caledonia and Pulo Condore (Harmand coll.). 



The species has a wide distribution in the Indo-Pacific region. 

 If has been recorded from the Fiji Is. (Dana), Samoa (Ortmann), 

 the Loyalty Is. (Borradaile), Kagoshima, Japan (Ortmann), Hong 



A. Alcock, Nov., 



One. 



1888. 





S. Kemp, Feb., 



Fourteen. 



I9I5- 

 R. P. Mullins, June, 



Seven. 



1918. 

 S. Kemp, Feb., 



Four. 



I913- 

 H. M. S. 'Alert', 



One. 



Brit. Mus. 





Purchased. 



One. 



1 Nobili, Ann. Mus Univ. Napoli (n. s.) I, 3, p. 3 (1901). 



