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ORTMANN — DISTRIBUTION OF DECAPODS 



[April 3, 



Pacific Side. 



Ranilia angustata Stps. 

 R. fornicata (Fax.). 



Lithadia cumingi Bell. 

 L. digueti Bouv. 



Uhlias ellipticus Stps. 



Persephona subovala 



(Rthb.). 

 P. orbicularis Bell. 

 P. edwardsi Bell (= ? 



townsendi (Rthb.)). 



Hepatus chilensis M.-E. 



Hepatella actua (Stps. ). 

 B. Icevis (Rthb.). 

 H. lata (Fax.). 

 H. arnica Sm. 



Atlantic Side. 



R. muricata M.-E. 

 |"R. stimpsoni (A. M. 



E.). 

 j R. constricta (A. M. 

 I E.). 



L. cariosa Stps. 

 L. miersi Ortm. 

 L. cadaverosa Stps. 

 L. cubensis Mrts. 

 A. pontifera Stps. 



U. limb a tus Stps. 



P. punctata (L. ). 



H. epheliticus (L.), 

 H. annularis (Ol.). 



H. tuberosa (Stps.). 



Remarks. 



Ranilia M.-E. includes Not- 

 opus d. H. and Raninops 

 A. M.-E. The species 

 mentioned here form a 

 natural group, which is 

 not found elsewhere. 



This genus is found nowhere 

 else. 



Genus found nowhere else. 



Of one species (P. lichten- 

 steini Leach) the habitat 

 is unknown, but it is cer- 

 tainly from America. The 

 genus is not found else- 

 where. 



Several doubtful species, but 

 none outside of American 

 waters. 



Hepatella = Osacbila. One 

 species, H. stimpsoni 

 (Stud.), at Ascension Is- 

 land. No other species 

 from any other part of the 

 world. 



The following are taken from Rathbun, U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 15, 1892: 



Pericera triangulata 



Rthb. 

 P. contigua Rthb. 



Othonia nicholsi Rthb. 



Mithrax (4 species). 



P. comuta (Hbst.). 

 P. atlântica Rthb. 

 Othonia (4 species). 



Mithrax (14 species). 



Genus found nowhere out- 

 side of America. 



Genus not found outside of 

 America. 



Genus not found outside of 

 America. 



