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In the right or larger chehped the merus is granular 

 with some fine spines on the upper edge of its anterior margin. 

 The carpus has a series of moderately large spines on the inner 

 upper edge and a faint median row, most distinct at the prox- 

 imal end ; it is otherwise covered with small sharp-pointed 

 tubercles and very short setae. The propodite is much longer 

 than the carpus, with the fingers shorter than the palm. The 

 upper surface is minutely granular ; sometimes faint indica- 

 tions of a median ridge are to be found and the proximal end 

 of the ridge near the junction with the carpus is often clearly 

 visible. A row of blunt spines or tubercles, sometimes elevated 

 above the level of the upper surface, usually extends along 

 the outer edge to the tip of the fixed finger and a similar but 

 less regular row on the inner side. The fingers are strong and 

 tapering, with blunt teeth on the cutting edges, and tufts of 

 setae on either side of them. 



The left cheliped is smaller and more slender than the right. 

 The carpus bears a conspicuous spinous ridge mid-dorsally 

 and another similar ridge on the inner edge. The propodite 

 is narrow, finely granular, and with a slight median ridge near 

 the proximal end. The fingers are slender and longer than 

 the palm. 



The next two pairs of pereiopods are long, slender and com- 

 pressed, slightly longer on the right side than on the left. The 

 third is a little longer than the second. The upper borders 

 of the merus, carpus and propodite are coarsely serrate. The 

 dactyl is long, slender and curved, ending in a yellow trans- 

 parent claw ; on both sides of it there is a longitudinal ridge 

 defined by a pair of shallow grooves. The upper border is 

 very minutely serrate, while the lower border is unarmed 

 except for rows of fine setae. 



The fourth pereiopods are almost perfectly chelate and bear 

 tufts of mixed plumose and simple setae. A quadruple row 

 of scales is present as in E. Bernhardus. The fifth pereiopods 

 are similar to those of E. Bernhardus, 



In the female three fairly large well-developed abdominal 

 appendages are present serving as an attachment for the eggs ; 

 these are altogether absent in the male. The uropods are 

 similar to those of the preceding species, but the telson is 

 rather longer and more quadrate. The eggs are numerous 

 and smaller than in E. Bernhardus. 



General Distribution. — The species is found on the coast of 

 Norway (Appellof) as far north as Hardanger (Sars), but does 

 not appear to have been recorded from Denmark or Sweden. 

 It is known from the Shetland Islands, and the Moray Firth, 

 but is "apparently absent from the rest of the east coast of 

 Scotland " (Henderson). lb is recorded from the Clyde 

 (Hoyle), the west coast of Ireland, the Irish Sea (Farran), 

 Devon and Cornwall (Norman), the Channel Islands (Sinel) and 

 the Bay of Biscay (CauUery, Kemp). It is common on the 

 coast of Spain and in the Mediterranean and Adriatic (Heller), 



