. Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life . Zoology; Microscopy; Microscopes. 188 EVENINGS AT THE MICROSCOPE. Lobsters: I mean Galathea. The adult animal is of a broad squat form, something like what you might suppose a Lobster to be, if it had been flattened between two stones, without being actually destroyed. We have two or three species, one of which is adorned with brilliant scarlet and azure paintings ; but I cannot tell to which of them all this infant form ADULT SHORE-CRAB. You perceive that there is a general similarity b
. Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life . Zoology; Microscopy; Microscopes. 188 EVENINGS AT THE MICROSCOPE. Lobsters: I mean Galathea. The adult animal is of a broad squat form, something like what you might suppose a Lobster to be, if it had been flattened between two stones, without being actually destroyed. We have two or three species, one of which is adorned with brilliant scarlet and azure paintings ; but I cannot tell to which of them all this infant form ADULT SHORE-CRAB. You perceive that there is a general similarity between these transparent little creatures and the Zoea described by Mr. Couch; but there are great differences in detail. The glassy shield or carapace shoots out in front in a stiff, inflexible, very fragile spine. This is perfectly straight, and nearly thrice the length of the whole shield. It is beset, on various lines on its surface, with short slender spinules jointed to shoulder-like angles, and not serratures. Its interior is perforated by a canal which dilates and nar- rows irregularly. The carapace posteriorly is semi-oval, projecting a transparent convex vault over the part where. 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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