. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. yTOMAPODA. 425. These minute and delicate Crustacea are peculiar to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Seas. The fing-ers of the large claw-legs are not toothed. The second joint of the ocular peduncles is much larger than the basal joint, and in the form of a reversed cone. Tlie eyes themselves are large, and nearly globular. The appendages of the swimming or fin-feet resemble those of the Sgiiillcc. Erichthus, Latr. (Smerdls, Leach), has the basal joint of the ocular peduncles short, and the carapax dilated at the si
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. yTOMAPODA. 425. These minute and delicate Crustacea are peculiar to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Seas. The fing-ers of the large claw-legs are not toothed. The second joint of the ocular peduncles is much larger than the basal joint, and in the form of a reversed cone. Tlie eyes themselves are large, and nearly globular. The appendages of the swimming or fin-feet resemble those of the Sgiiillcc. Erichthus, Latr. (Smerdls, Leach), has the basal joint of the ocular peduncles short, and the carapax dilated at the sides. Tj^po, E. viireus, Latr. Alima, Leach, has the basal joint of the ocular peduncles much longer, the body much narrower, with the sides of the carapax not dilated. Each of its angles forms a spine, of which the two posterior are the most acute. Type, A. hyalina, Latr. [Squillericthus, Edwards, has the claws of the great feet armed with spines.] THE SECOND FAMILY OF STOMAPODA,â BiPELTATA, Latr.,â [Comprises the Glass-Crabs, which] have the carapax divided into two shields, the anterior of which is very large, more or less oval, composing the head, and the second, corresponding with the thorax, is transverse and angulated in its outline, and bears the foot-jaws and the ordinary feet. Those feet, with the exception of the posterior pair, as well as the last pair of foot- jaws, are slender, filiform, and for the most part very long, and accompanied by a lateral, ciliated [short and slender] appendage. The four other [anterior] foot-jaws are very minute and conical. The base of the lateral antennae is not furnished with a scale, and the intermediate ones are terminated by two filaments. The ocular pe- duncles are very long. The body is very flat, membranous, and transparent, with the abdomen small, and without spines to the posterior swimmeret. In respect to their 'â nervous system, they appear to be intermediate between the preceding and following Crustacea. This family comp
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