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L Endostome or palate without any trace of longitudinal carina. Leptodius. 
A. Indo-Pacific Species ( excluding the West Coast of America and 
Islands adjacent). 
Leptodius exaratus (Milne Edwards) = Cancer insequalis, Audouin; Xantho affinis, 
de Haan ; ? Xantho quinque-clentatus, Krauss, var.; Chlorodius edwardsii, 
Heller; Lagostoma nodosa, Randall (?); Chlorodius sanguineus, Milne 
Edwards, var.; Xantho distinguendus, de Haan, var. Indo-Pacific Region. 
Very common. (The West Indian and Brazilian Chlorodius floridanus, 
Gibbes, is perhaps not specifically distinct from this species). 
Leptodius gracilis (Dana). Indo-Pacific Region. 
Leptodius euclorus (Herbst). New Zealand. 
Leptodius lividus (de Haan). Japanese and Australian Seas. 
(The three foregoing species are perhaps mere varieties of Leptodius exaratus, 
for which species, therefore, Herbst’s designation euclorus may have to 
be used). 
Leptodius nudipes (Dana). Polynesian Islands ; New Zealand. 
Leptodius hombronii (Jacquinot and Lucas) . ? 
Leptodius crassimanus, A. Milne Edwards. New Caledonia. 
B. Atlantic Species. 
Leptodius convexus, A Milne Edwards. Cape Verde Islands. 
Leptodius punctatus, Miers. Senegambia (9 to 15 fathoms), West Africa ; Cape 
Verde Islands. 
Leptodius macandrens, Miers. Canary Islands. 
Leptodius floridanus (Gibbes) = Chlorodius limosus, Desbonne and Schramm, 
and Etisus occidentalis, White. West Indies ; Florida ; Brazil. 
Leptodius dispar (Stimpson). Cuba. 
Leptodius cigassizii, A. Milne Edwards. Florida, 12 to 18 fathoms. Differs 
from others referred to this genus in the spinuliferous legs. 
Leptodius (?) caribseus (Desbonne and Schramm). Guadeloupe. This species 
differs from others, according to A. Milne Edwards, in the longer rnerus of 
the chelipedes and the seven-jointed post-abdomen. 
C. West American Species. 
Leptodius occidentalis (Stimpson) = Chlorodius fisclieri, Lockington. Panama ; 
Mexico ; California. 
Leptodius cooksoni, Miers. Galapagos Islands. 
Leptodius lobcctus, A. Milne Edwards. Chili, c< S. America” (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
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