A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea . ecies are certainly males, and we have a strong convic-tion that they are but fully-developed males of C. linearis,from the fact that the specimens which we have describedas males of Caprella linearis only differ from those of in having the first and second segments of the bodyshorter, these two segments being subject to vary inlength, and probably increasing with age. Furthermore,we have never been able to determine the female ofC. lohata. C. lobata is, moreover, generally associated with , and will probably be found to exis
A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea . ecies are certainly males, and we have a strong convic-tion that they are but fully-developed males of C. linearis,from the fact that the specimens which we have describedas males of Caprella linearis only differ from those of in having the first and second segments of the bodyshorter, these two segments being subject to vary inlength, and probably increasing with age. Furthermore,we have never been able to determine the female ofC. lohata. C. lobata is, moreover, generally associated with , and will probably be found to exist all round the CAPRELLA LOBATA. 59 coasts of Europe. In Great Britain it has been obtainedat Karnes Bay, N. B., by Mr. Robertson ; in the MorayFrith by Mr. Edward; at Cullercoats it was taken by theRev. A. M. Norman, and we have taken it at Ply-mouth. Specimens from the Frith of Forth are preserved inthe British Museum collection. The accompanying vignette represents a female Caprellacarrying her offspring upon her back, as described atpage GO AMPHIPODA. ABERRANT! A.
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