FIGURE 4. Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935: A–D, ovigerous female, cl 14.7 mm, San Juan Harbor Puerto Rico, USNM 42209; E, female, cl 12.8 mm, same lot as previous; F, ovigerous female, cl 15.0 mm, same lot as previous; G–M, ovigerous female, cl 13.7 mm, Boca del Drago, Panama, USNM 1546925 (= ULLZ 13456). Emerita benedicti Schmitt, 1935: N, ovigerous female, cl 13.3 mm, Tampa, Florida; O, Emerita talpoida (Say, 1817): O, ovigerous female, cl 15.5 mm, Padre Island, Texas, TAMU/TCWC 2-8703. Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935: P, ovigerous female, cl 11.4 mm, Urbatuba, Laxaro Beach, Brazil, ULLZ 15981; Q, ovigerous female, cl 19.4 mm, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, USNM 50674. A, right lateral habitus; B, right third maxilliped, external surface; C, G, right first pereopod, lateral surface; D–F, H, N–Q, terminus, dactylus of right first pereopod, lateral surface; I, lateral surface of right second pereopod; J, lateral surface of right third pereopod; K, mesial surface of right fourth pereopod; L, lateral surface of right fifth pereopod; M, external surfaces of telson and uropods. Scale bars = 12 mm (A); 8 mm (B, C, G); 2 mm (D–F, N, O–Q); 4 mm (H–L); 10 mm (M).

Published as part of Felder, Darryl L., Lemaitre, Rafael & Mantelatto, Fernando L., 2023, Redescription of the mole crab Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippidae), based on Caribbean populations from Puerto Rico, Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama, pp. 341-354 in Zootaxa 5227 (3) on page 351, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7518771