August 19, 1924 Portunids off west side Fort Jefferson. 
Largest is like Key west crab Mills brought me (Callinectes marginatus). 
grey 
Next in size (Callinectes ornatus) is plain drab gma e n --rather that X hair 
brown—on carapace, lighter on hinder margin, k± teeth of front, frontal 
margin, lateral and antero-lateral spines white tipped. Chelipeds same 
color, fingers and lower half of outside and inside faces of hands white. 
Inside near base fingers stained with aster purple andback of that lower 
finger is azure blue and articulation behind upper finger on isunc inner side the 
same. Anterior margin of merus rich blackish clove brown fading out to 
sepia for XXX area behind that to drab 
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V grey. 
First two legs azure bluish on anterior or upper face, dactyls margined 
and distally scarlet. Third leg mostly whitish as preceding one on upper margin 
dactyl scarcely tipped with faintest scarlet. Paddles mostly whitish distally 
along articulating margins, next to last joint also along hinder margin and 
distal half of paddle pale olive, hinge points with suffusion ochraceous. 
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Third largest Portunid (Portunus (Achelous) depressifrons), surface of 
carapace mottled and speckled and spotted cream buff, olive buff, bice green, 
oil green X olive, upper surface of hands and carpus same, upper surface of 
merus more tawny olive, with tinge of gallstone yellow. Upper margin of 
hhnd in spots and middle third of carpal spine and basal half of meral 
spines on inner margin maroon X crimson. Teeth of fingers and distal half of 
cutting edges and distal half of hairs on jipper margin of movable finger rich 
dahlia purple, inside of tip of upper and inside of da distal 1/3 of lower 
finger magenta, shading into antwerp blue, shading into primrose yellow with t 
tinging of olive buff on proximal th^2d of finder and inside of hand. 
