. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. A. 11 |.|.i:MIN(r< UMinn !â X'nKW. - r!.,m, ..,v/râW, ,â I,, ,uâl,jU:c,m Marc^.i, E, F. t'ADUIS sniilMI'-(Vri; (ii^«;,iri». .tM^^ â Wr now rnmo to some very rurionsly shaped ernstacen, whose hnhits are fnlly as ivmarkalile as their forms. The two left-hand fiy;nres in tho accompanying' illustration represent tho panic species, 's 1Ii;kmit-scki;\v, shown of its natural size above, and mniznified l)elow. It will I'csccn tha
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. A. 11 |.|.i:MIN(r< UMinn !â X'nKW. - r!.,m, ..,v/râW, ,â I,, ,uâl,jU:c,m Marc^.i, E, F. t'ADUIS sniilMI'-(Vri; (ii^«;,iri». .tM^^ â Wr now rnmo to some very rurionsly shaped ernstacen, whose hnhits are fnlly as ivmarkalile as their forms. The two left-hand fiy;nres in tho accompanying' illustration represent tho panic species, 's 1Ii;kmit-scki;\v, shown of its natural size above, and mniznified l)elow. It will I'csccn that tho creature is enclosed in a nearly oval and transparent sac, which is found tn!,(. the liody of one of the medusa^. In this'case it is a heroe which has been chosen Inr tills curiiais purpose. M. Kisso tells us tliat, like the ar<,'oiiauts and carinaria\ these cn'.aturcs may lie seen in calm weather voyasinpt iilouf? in their glassy heats, and'risiu'-' tn tlie surface or sinking through the water at will. They live on aiumalcuhe, and for the ','iciitcr part of the year remain in the mnddy of the ocean, a^ ending to the surface 111 the spring. How they enter tluir habitations, and their general economy, aro subjects at pnsiMit olKsciire. There aro several .species of T'hronima, all inhabiting similar dwellings. Phronimn snih'mlh, for exam])le, chooses th. hudies of the a'. iivaturcs are called by the uani. of on acccniiit of the .solitary life whicli tlicylead, each shut up in its cell or cocoon, as it may be called. Tn all the , the ]i(>ad is huge and vertical, with two'little aiitennu', and the bodv is sdit, nearly transparent, and I'uds in a number of bristle-like ajqiemlages. All the legs â 111' I'lng, slender, and apparently weak, except the fifth pair, both of which legs possess'^a liir;:(; and powerfnl claw, and are directed backward. A ,K crustacean belonging to an allied genus i:^ not unc
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