REPORT

of the

SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

of the
  
 VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER
DURING THE YEARS 1873-76

under the command of
 Captain GEORGE S. NARES, R.N. F.R.S.

and the late
Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of

the late
Sir. C. WYVILLE THOMSON, Knt., F.R.S., &c.
Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh
Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff on board

and now of
JOHN MURRAY, LL.D., Ph. D. &c.
One of the naturalists of the expedition.


ZOOLOGY Part XLIX

1886
 
 Report on the Brachyura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76.


by

  Edward J. Miers, F.Z.S., F.L.S.,
of the British (Natural History) Museum.

(The Manuscript was received in Instalments between 1st April and 25th November 1886.)


362 + 50 pp. Illustrated with 29 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 17, 1886.

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.

February, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.



Anamathia pulchra, Male
Plate IV

Trapezia rufopunctata, Female
Plate XII

Platyonychus iridescens, Female
Plate XVII




A high resolution  (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
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CONTENTS


Introduction   i   i  ii  iii  iv
    Systematic Classification of the Brachyura  iv   iv  v  vi  vii  viii  ix  x  xi  xii  xiii  xiv  xv  xvi  xvii
    Geographical Distribution  xvii   xvii  xviii  xix  xx  xxi  xxii  xxiii  xxiv  xxv  xxvi  xxvii  xxviii  xxix  xxx  xxxi  xxxii  xxxiii  xxxiv  xxxv
    Bathymetrical Distribution  xxxv   xxxv  xxxvi  xxxvii  xxxviii  xxxix  xl  xli  xlii
    Synoptic List of the Species  xliii   xliii  xliv  xlv  xlvi  xlvii  xlviii  xlvix  l


DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES

BRACHYURA  1  001
    OXYRHYNCHA 

       Legion I  MAIINEA
          Family I. Inachidæ  2  002  003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042
\          Family II. Maiidæ 
            Subfamily 1.  Maiinæ 43   043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066
            Subfamily 2. Schizophrsinæ  66   066
            Subfamily 3. Micippinæ  67   067  068  069  070  071
         Family III. Periceridæ
             Subfamily 1. Pericerinæ  71   071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091
            
      Legion II.  PARTHENOPINEA
          Family IV.  Parthenopidæ 
             Subfamily 1. Parthenopinæ  91   091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104
             Subfamily 2  Eumedoninæ  104   104  105  106
            
    CYCLOMETOPA or CANCROIDEA

       Legion I.  CANCRINEA
          Family I.  Cancridæ  106   106
             Section I.  Cancrinæ  107   107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154  155  156  157  158  159  160  161  162  163
             Section II.  Trapezlinæ  163   163  164  165  166  167  168  169
          Family II. Portunidæ
             Section I. Portuninæ  169   169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182  183  184  185  186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206
             Section II. Podophtalmin  206   206  207  208         

        Legion II.  CYCLINEA  208   208  209

        Legion III. CORYSTOIDEA  209   209  210  211  212

        Legion IV.  THELPHUSINEA  212   212  213  214  215  216

    CATOMETOPA or OCYPODIIDEA

          Family I.  Geocarcinidæ  216   216  217  218  219  220  221
          Family II.  Ocypodidæ  221   221  222
             Subfamily 1.  Carcinoplacinæ  222   222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236
             Subfamily 2. Ocypodinæ  236   236  237  238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248  249  250  251  252
          Family III. Grapsidæ  252   252  253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266  267  268  269  270  271  272  273  274
          Family IV. Pinnotheridæ  274   274  275  276  277  278  279  280  281  282
 
    OXYSTOMATA or LEUCOSIIDEA
          Family I.  Calappidæ  282   282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289  290  291  292  293
          Family II.  Matutidæ  293   293  294  295  296  297
          Family III. Leucosiidæ  297   297  298  299  300  301  302  303  304  305  306  307  308  309  310  311  312  313  314  315  316  317  318  319  320  321  322  323  324  325  326
          Family IV.  Dorippidæ  326   326  327  328  329  330  331  332  333  334  335  336  337

APPENDIX  337   337  338  339

INDEX  339  339  340  341  342  343  344  345  346  347  348  349  350  351  352  353  354  355  356  357  358  359  360  361  362




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