. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. SHRIMPS, CRABS, AND BARNACLES 105 by the opening of the intestine. You will see if you compare the crab and the lobster (or the prawn, which is very much like the lobster), that the crab has the so-called head (really head and mid-body combined) drawn out from side to side, so as to make it much wider than it is long. And, moreover, the jointed tail or. Fig. 9.—The larval or young form of Cruslacea known as "the ; This is the "Nauplius"oi a kind of Prawn. The three pairs of branched limbs are well seen. Much magnified.
. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. SHRIMPS, CRABS, AND BARNACLES 105 by the opening of the intestine. You will see if you compare the crab and the lobster (or the prawn, which is very much like the lobster), that the crab has the so-called head (really head and mid-body combined) drawn out from side to side, so as to make it much wider than it is long. And, moreover, the jointed tail or. Fig. 9.—The larval or young form of Cruslacea known as "the ; This is the "Nauplius"oi a kind of Prawn. The three pairs of branched limbs are well seen. Much magnified. hind-body seems at first sight to be absent in the crab. But if you turn the crab (a dead one) on his back, you will find that he has a complete tail, on the whole like that of the lobster, but pointed and bent forwards, and closely packed under the fused head and mid-body in a groove, from which you can raise it and turn it back. We have not yet done with the various forms. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. London Methuen
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