Species of mole crabs or sand crabs. Hippa adactyla 1, Emerita emeritus 2, Albunea symmysta 3. Remipede testuggine, Ippa emerito, Albunea sinnista. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Stanghi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.

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