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Nectocarcinus integrifrons (Latreille).

Portunus integrifrons Latreille, Encycl. Meth., 10, p. 192. 1825.

— Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., vol. 1, p. 445. 1834.

Nectocarcinus melanodactylus Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci., Nat., ser. 4, vol. 14, p. 220. 1860.

Nectocarcinus integrifons Milne-Edwards, tom cit., p. 220. 1860.

— Milne-Edwards, Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., vol. 10, p. 406, Pl. 38. 1861.

— Miers, Zool. Erebus and Terror, Crust., p. 2, Pl. 1, Fig. 3 (young). 1874.

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Nectocarcinus integrifons Miers, Cat. Crust. N.Z. p. 30. 1876.

— Haswell, Cat. Crust. Austr., p. 81. 1882.

— Miers, Zool. H.M.S. “Alert,” p. 234. 1884.

— Filhol, Mission de l'Ile Campbell, p. 383. 1885.

— Fulton and Grant, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., vol. 19, pt. 1, p. 18. 1906.

— Rathbun, Scientific Results “Endeavour,” p. 130. 1923.

— Hale, Crust. South Austr., p. 152. 1927.

It is hardly surprising that an Australian swimming-crab should turn up in New Zealand, but it is curious that while three naturalists from abroad have recorded it, and one has stated that it is abundant, the species remains unknown to local naturalists.

Locality.—N.Z. (Milne-Edwards).

Bay of Islands (Miers).

Cook Strait and east coast of South Island, abundant (Filhol).

Distribution.—Australia, Tasmania.

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