. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 040 TiiK i/)?.sTEn-r,(^rsE. If. like the sluHl .socid-vessol of soiiiu ])l(uit, and (he ! is increased bv its ,,.1, green colonr. ^ 1'"'' Tlie is lar-er Hum tlie nude, and nuiy at once be known liyU,, spot on eacl. side (.1 llu' aLdonien. ^ ^ The ('^, wliicli is sliowii at \vj^. P., is wlvnvd to anotlier family Jliis crealtiiy is mostly found upon the eodlish and lirill, and dincre concavty i
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 040 TiiK i/)?.sTEn-r,(^rsE. If. like the sluHl .socid-vessol of soiiiu ])l(uit, and (he ! is increased bv its ,,.1, green colonr. ^ 1'"'' Tlie is lar-er Hum tlie nude, and nuiy at once be known liyU,, spot on eacl. side (.1 llu' aLdonien. ^ ^ The ('^, wliicli is sliowii at \vj^. P., is wlvnvd to anotlier family Jliis crealtiiy is mostly found upon the eodlish and lirill, and dincre concavty is l,y a slron- transversely striated inemhra.,'" Ihc fi,i,nire is nuif,>iHhcd about two diameters. Figs. C, B and E represent a remarkalde parasite, adherent to the gills of the lolnt,. This creature belongs to a diilerent tribe, which nuiy In- known by tlu' small and mo'tl blunt head and the long (,,i , The iamily Ergasilid;e have the lie the oody oval, the abdomrn well developed, and the leet small and l)ranche,l llio L.)i! IS sometimcs found in considerable numbers to the .nil's „f le lo ,ster, Irom wlneli the femal.^ never moves after she has onee taken a firiii hoi, though the male is more erratie in his , and swims about as he chooses At ('' it rs shown of Its natural size among the lobster-gills, which are popularly termed"t'l,. ladys At fig. l") is seen a magniiled liguro of the , a( E a ll-nuv, ' (lie male also enlarged. During lier early youth, the female is not much lai-er male, bu as soon as sho attache's herself to ],er new home, a pair of strange projcctioni are seen to grow from tlie side, ami by degrees become so large that they seem to constitu^ ine entire creature. I>elow these jirojcctions the egg-sacs are developed. At fig. F is seen a curious parasite that infests tlie .sturgeon. Th(' />/,7/r'«w,_is rather than half
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