. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea. 683 (as in de Man's specimens) segment 3 slightly gibbose. Telson 1J-2 times length of 6th segment, with 4 pairs of dorso-lateral spinules. Lateral process of ant. 1 extending to end of 2nd peduncular joint. Antennal scale half length of carapace. 2nd pair of legs very unequal, left much longer than right. 5th leg shorter than 3rd or 4th; dactyls. Fig. 127.—Heterocarpus dorsalis Bate, a, carapace, tomentum only partly indicated, with some of t
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. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea. 683 (as in de Man's specimens) segment 3 slightly gibbose. Telson 1J-2 times length of 6th segment, with 4 pairs of dorso-lateral spinules. Lateral process of ant. 1 extending to end of 2nd peduncular joint. Antennal scale half length of carapace. 2nd pair of legs very unequal, left much longer than right. 5th leg shorter than 3rd or 4th; dactyls. Fig. 127.—Heterocarpus dorsalis Bate, a, carapace, tomentum only partly indicated, with some of the scale-spines further enlarged. Heterocarpus laevigatus Bate, b, carapace. Heterocarpus tricarinatus Alck. & And. c, scale-spines from integument. d, endopod of pleopod 1 $. Chlorotocus crassicornis (Costa), e, carapace. /, endopod of pleopod 1 $, with lobe bearing coupling-hooks further enlarged. of 3rd-5th legs rather long and slender (typically ca. J length of 6th joint). Endopod of pleopod 1 $ (fig. 127, d). Length (tip of telson to orbit) <$ up to 92 mm., rostrum 27 mm. (de Man); ovig. $ 73 and 21 mm. resp. (Alcock). Locality.—Off East London, 310 fathoms (Stebbing). Distribution.—Arabian Sea; East Indies. Remarks.—The single <J (returned by Stebbing) is the only specimen known from South Africa. The dactyls of the 3rd-5th legs are shorter than in the typical form (ca. i length of 6th joint), but not so short as in lepidus de Man.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum