. Sea-shore life; the invertebrates of the New York coast. Marine animals. THE CRUSTACEANS 101. Fig. 6g; LADY CRAB. From a specimen in the New York Aquarium. in tlie markets. In this country it is used only for bait. It grows to 1)6 about three inches in width, and two in length. There are ten sharp-edged teeth, five on each side, which pro- ject forward from the front edges of the shell. The right hand claw is somewhat larg- er and blunter than the left. It is a pugnacious fighter and rapid runner. The Lady Crab, fPlalyoni- chiis ocellatitfi, Fig. , is a beautiful species common on sandy I
. Sea-shore life; the invertebrates of the New York coast. Marine animals. THE CRUSTACEANS 101. Fig. 6g; LADY CRAB. From a specimen in the New York Aquarium. in tlie markets. In this country it is used only for bait. It grows to 1)6 about three inches in width, and two in length. There are ten sharp-edged teeth, five on each side, which pro- ject forward from the front edges of the shell. The right hand claw is somewhat larg- er and blunter than the left. It is a pugnacious fighter and rapid runner. The Lady Crab, fPlalyoni- chiis ocellatitfi, Fig. , is a beautiful species common on sandy Ijottoms from Cape Cod to Florida, and is al)undant on the southern Long Island coast. It is of a delicate greenish-yellow profusely spotted with purple-colored rings. The powerful claws are armed with jagged teeth wdiieh enable the crab to seize ujson the fish and other animals which it devours. This crab is often seen partially buried beneath the sand with only the eye-stalks protruding. The hind legs are paddle-shaped and the crab uses them very effectually in swimming, al- though it can also crawl with its other legs. It grows to be about two and a half inches long and three broad. The Gidf-Weed Crab, (Portiinus acnji, Fig. 70), lives within the masses of gulf-weed f which float over the tropical Atlantic, and is sometimes drifted upon our coast. 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 Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922. New York, A. S. Barnes
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