. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 310 ZOOLOGY. the sharp hook-like legs around the margin of the body. The head has no ej'es nor apiDendages. The male (Pig. 262,0, D) is but slightly modified, is very minute, and is lodged partly out of sight under the ventral plates of the female, vphose body is about five millimeti-es (a fifth of an inch) in Fig. ^Z.—Arciurus Bajjiai^ with its young clingingto its antenniB.—After Wyville- Tliompson. Various species of Porcellio (sow-bugs) live under stones on land; and allied to Asellns, the water sow-bug, is the marine Limnori
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 310 ZOOLOGY. the sharp hook-like legs around the margin of the body. The head has no ej'es nor apiDendages. The male (Pig. 262,0, D) is but slightly modified, is very minute, and is lodged partly out of sight under the ventral plates of the female, vphose body is about five millimeti-es (a fifth of an inch) in Fig. ^Z.—Arciurus Bajjiai^ with its young clingingto its antenniB.—After Wyville- Tliompson. Various species of Porcellio (sow-bugs) live under stones on land; and allied to Asellns, the water sow-bug, is the marine Limnoria terebrans Leach, Avhich is very injurious to the piles of bridges, wharves, and any submerged wood. The highest Isopods are IclotcBa, of Avhich /. irroratus Say (Fig. 255) is our most abundant species, being common in eel-grass, etc., between and just below tide-marks ; and^rc- turus (Fig. 363, A. Baffini Sabine), from the Arctic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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