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Galathea californiens s Benedict 



Galathea califomiensis Benedict, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., 26, 247, fig. 1, 

 1902; Kathbun, H. A. E., 10, 166, 1904. 



Fig. 104. Galathea califomiensis, $, X % (from Benedict, TJ. S. N. M.). 



Characters. — Eostrum 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 



Bostrum 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 



