Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly . Plate 21. Plate 22. Third-Stage Lobster. Figure 31. Right cheliped from behind, M=27. The exopodite is stillstrongly functional, but the claw, or chela, has further developed and the wholeendopodite is stronger. In this stage is noticed especially the beginning of thattorsion of the claw which, by the fourth stage, brings the dactyl to open towardthe inside in a nearly horizontal 31 Plate 22. Plate 23. Third-Stage Lobster. Figure 32. Bight second walking leg from behind, M=:27. The exopoditeis still f
Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly . Plate 21. Plate 22. Third-Stage Lobster. Figure 31. Right cheliped from behind, M=27. The exopodite is stillstrongly functional, but the claw, or chela, has further developed and the wholeendopodite is stronger. In this stage is noticed especially the beginning of thattorsion of the claw which, by the fourth stage, brings the dactyl to open towardthe inside in a nearly horizontal 31 Plate 22. Plate 23. Third-Stage Lobster. Figure 32. Bight second walking leg from behind, M=:27. The exopoditeis still functional, and the cheise are slightly functional in the third stage. Theinner edge of the propodite and of the dactyl have a suggestion of teeth. Theprojecting propodite is relatively longer than in the preceding stage. The dactylopens upward in a vertical plane and slightly outward, a position which is main-tained in the adult stage.
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