. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 356 ARTICULATA: CRUSTACEA. the name of this order is called Deeapoda, from the Greek deka, ten, and^w<.<?, podos, foot. The Deeapoda, as regarded by Dana, are essentially equivalent to the Podoplithalniia of authors (from the Gr. poits, podos, foot, and oph- t/talmos, eye—the eyes being on movable footstalks), and include not only the typical Decapods—Brachyurans, Anomourans, and Macrou- rans (Figs. 480-485)—but they also include the Schizopods (from the Gr. schizeiii, to divide, and pous, podos, foot—the legs having each an accessory-jointed


. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 356 ARTICULATA: CRUSTACEA. the name of this order is called Deeapoda, from the Greek deka, ten, and^w<.<?, podos, foot. The Deeapoda, as regarded by Dana, are essentially equivalent to the Podoplithalniia of authors (from the Gr. poits, podos, foot, and oph- t/talmos, eye—the eyes being on movable footstalks), and include not only the typical Decapods—Brachyurans, Anomourans, and Macrou- rans (Figs. 480-485)—but they also include the Schizopods (from the Gr. schizeiii, to divide, and pous, podos, foot—the legs having each an accessory-jointed branch, as in Mysis, Fig. 488), and the Stomapods (Squitta, Fig. 487). The typical Decapods, or best representatives of the FIG. 480.*. Crab, riatyoniclius ocellatus, Latr. group, have nine segments belonging to the head, and six pairs of appendages in the oral apparatus (Fig. 479). The Crabs, of which there are many families, are re- * Figs. 480, 484, 488, 489, 491, 493, and 501, are, by permission, from the " Report upon the Invertebrates of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters," by A. E. Verrill and S. I. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner


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