Linnaeus's Sponge Crab

Dromia personata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cancer personatus Linnaeus, 1758:628.

Dromia erythropus.—Chace, 1966:635 [part], fig. 6.

Dromia personata.—Forest, 1974:76, figs, 1a, 3a, 4a–c, h, i, 5, 6a, pl. 1: fig. l, pl. 3: fig. 1, pl. 4: fig. 6, pl. 5: figs. 1,2, pl. 7: figs. 1,3, pl. 8: figs. 1,2.

MATERIAL.—Smithsonian 1976 Collection: Sta 5A, North East Bay: 1 female [25.2].

Operation Origin: Site 8, South West Bay, 1+ m: 1 female [23.0].

SIZE.—Carapace lengths of females,23.0–25.2 mm.

COLOR.—Uniform light orange, fingers reddish.

HABITAT.—Littoral, in about one meter and in isolated tide pools in back of open shore.

DISTRIBUTION.—Eastern Atlantic from southern North Sea to Spanish Sahara, including the Mediterranean, and central Atlantic from Ascension and St. Helena islands; littoral and sublittoral, usually in less than 100 meters.