. Bulletin - New York State Museum. tha large scale. The second maxillipeds large and subchelate, the I50 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM serrated dactylus folding- back on thepropodiis like a knife blade. The tailfin is large and armed with spines,which can give a severe dig if theanimal is handled incautiously. It inhabits burrows of its own con-struction, 15-20 mm in diameter, inthe soft mud in shallow water. Length i5-25cm. Color yellowishwith green, brown and yellow mark-ings. Taken at Cold Spring Harbor andmay be found within the city limits. Order 5 CUIMACE-A. A small order of Malacostraca, inwhi
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. tha large scale. The second maxillipeds large and subchelate, the I50 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM serrated dactylus folding- back on thepropodiis like a knife blade. The tailfin is large and armed with spines,which can give a severe dig if theanimal is handled incautiously. It inhabits burrows of its own con-struction, 15-20 mm in diameter, inthe soft mud in shallow water. Length i5-25cm. Color yellowishwith green, brown and yellow mark-ings. Taken at Cold Spring Harbor andmay be found within the city limits. Order 5 CUIMACE-A. A small order of Malacostraca, inwhich the anterior part of the body is/. V r|, j. I very much larger than the posterior. ^0 W ^^V - A carapace is present, covering the Fig. 17 squiua empusa anterior scsfments and leaving- never (After Rathbun) ^ ^ more than five segments exposed. Abdomen cylindric, flexible, of six segments, the fifth longest. The members of this order are bottom forms, extending to very great depths and reaching their greatest development in colder.
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