2. "Hanasaki” King Crab ( Paralithodes brevipes) . 
3. "Abura-G&ni" King Crab ( Paralithodes platypus) . 
Or, like subspecies or varieties in zoology, P. oamtsohaticus is 
the King Crab, proper, and the other species arc other Finds of King Crabs, 
referred to or designated by the Japanese as "Hanasaki" and "Abura-gani" 
crabs. 
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In short, I do agree with you, and, as I pointed out to Seton 
Thompson, both P. oaatschatica and P. platypus should be considered King 
Crabs, and, moreover, "King Grab” ghoul d refer to the genus Paralithodes , 
inclusive of all its species. Who knows when we may not turn "up another 
member of the genus as important commercially as those now extensively 
canned. For the purpose of designation and argument, you have the right to 
set up the terminology you prefer in your report, and that will set the 
practice or fashion that we shall follow in America, This is in accordance 
with Marukawa's statement which might just as well have been worded, 
"There are three species of King crabs . . . viz.”, last paragraph, p. 123 
of his report, without changing the thought he has there set forth. 
I am sending this air mail ' today in reply to your letter which 
arrived this morning, and a carbon the first tiling in the morning , so that 
one or the other will be sure to reach you. 
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My best to you and yours, Amina, and the King ftrab gang* 
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Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
WLSsLMo • Division of Marine Invertebrates. 
