"A Caecopilumnus with the carapace moderately convex from side to side, strongly so fore and aft, granular and pubescent all over, the front strongly bent downwards, its sides sloping inwards to a groove in the middle, fringed with long hairs, which are also found all over the orbital region and eyestalks and along the sides of the carapace ; the orbit very small, without orbital tooth or spine or notches in the rim ; the anterolateral edge passing with an even sweep into the posterolateral behind, and in front fading away at a point behind and above the outer angle of the orbit, which thus comes to lie to a great extent on the underside of the body; the granules of the carapace enlarged along the anterolateral edge into small spines, arranged in four irregular sets ; the hinder edge hollowed; the regions rather faintly marked ; the eyestalks large relative to the orbits, which they entirely fill, fitting close against the thin, non-prominent rims, and thus complete the outline of the carapace, simulating the carapace in their granulation and hairs ; cornea small and hidden on the underside of the eyestalk ; chelipeds equal, granular, pubescent and hairy, these features extending to the fingers, the fingers compressed and grooved, with interlocking teeth on their apposed edges, and sharp, crossing tips ; and walking legs of moderate length, very stout, especially the second and third, which have very long propodites, covered with long hairs but without spines."
(Borrodaile 1903)
"Length - 8 mm. Breadth - 9 mm."
Caecopilumnus hirsutus is een krabbensoort uit de familie van de Pilumnidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1903 door Borradaile.
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