. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Zoology. 290 ZOOLOGY. tHe sharp hook-like legs around the margin of the body. The head has no eyes nor appendages. The male (Fig. 257, C, D) is but slightly modified, is very minute, and is lodged partly out of sight under the ventral plates of the female, whose body is about five millimetres (a fifth of an inch) in Fig. SSS.—Arcturus Sqffiid, with its ypungclingingto its antenna.—After Wyrille- riiompBon. Various species of Porcellio (sow-bugs) live under stones on land; and allied to Asellus, the water sow-bug, is the marine Limnoria lignorum
. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Zoology. 290 ZOOLOGY. tHe sharp hook-like legs around the margin of the body. The head has no eyes nor appendages. The male (Fig. 257, C, D) is but slightly modified, is very minute, and is lodged partly out of sight under the ventral plates of the female, whose body is about five millimetres (a fifth of an inch) in Fig. SSS.—Arcturus Sqffiid, with its ypungclingingto its antenna.—After Wyrille- riiompBon. Various species of Porcellio (sow-bugs) live under stones on land; and allied to Asellus, the water sow-bug, is the marine Limnoria lignorum White, which is very injurious to the piles of bridges, wharves, and any submerged wood. The highest Isopods are Idotma, of which /. irroratus Say (Pig. 350) is our most abundant species, being common in eel-grass, between and just below tide-marks ; and^rc- turus (Fig. 258, 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, H. Holt and Company
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