. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. â /./f^^- IIEn.\LI)-CI!AIl.â//KMiiVi limiliHni. LONO-SNOUTKU clnmjdhi. MICIPPA.âJ\/ic(ji|)n rhilyra. 'â V',/ 'm Vv :>*! iWlK" CM <A' tliis stnu'tiirc. Tlic body is tliorny, thou^jli not so wholly besot with spikes as in the siiidfi'-rrab, and tlie eyes are placed on moderately lon<::; footstalks. The specific term, siilKUviliosus, refers to a Latin word signifying an eyebrow, and is given to this crab on aecciunt of the ov
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. â /./f^^- IIEn.\LI)-CI!AIl.â//KMiiVi limiliHni. LONO-SNOUTKU clnmjdhi. MICIPPA.âJ\/ic(ji|)n rhilyra. 'â V',/ 'm Vv :>*! iWlK" CM <A' tliis stnu'tiirc. Tlic body is tliorny, thou^jli not so wholly besot with spikes as in the siiidfi'-rrab, and tlie eyes are placed on moderately lon<::; footstalks. The specific term, siilKUviliosus, refers to a Latin word signifying an eyebrow, and is given to this crab on aecciunt of the overhanging plates imder which the eyes arc hidden when the footstalks arc laid close to the head, as is the custom of the creature when alarmed. The present species is fuund in the New Hebrides. On' the right liand and in the uppc- ,ner may be seen a curious-looking little crab, especially iiolable for the large and bol ly hooked extremities of the limbs. The name of AcANTiioNYX, or , is given to the genus on account of this structure. At first sight, the Acanthonyx hanlly seems to belong to the same family as the preceding species, the shajie of the body being apparently the reverse to that which is characteristic of the .Maiada'. lUit on a closer examination, it is found that this dillerence is more a]ipaivut than real, and that though the body seems to be wider across the head, or rather, the cc[ihalo-thoiax, to speak accurately, tlu; width is owing to mere projections and not to any incR'ase of the actual body. Tlu; Thokx-claw Ceab is fuund in many European seas, and is tolerably common in the ^lediterranean. Orit last examples of the jMaiadu' are the three crabs which are represented in the ac' oaipanying illustration. Ill tlicsr three species the reader will not fail to observe the curious variation of form that takes place in animals that belong to the .same family and even to the same genus. The body of the ^ricii'PA is very largo in [iroporlion to the
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