. The book of shells : containing the classes Mollusca, Conchifera, Cirrhipeda, Annulata, and Crustacea. Mollusks; Shells. 124 CLASS CRUSTACEA. still, however, holding fast for a length of time the part of the wounded leg which had come away. The curious shuffling walk of the Crab is well known, but it does not, as it is said, walk exactly backwards. The Land Crab, {Gecarcinus ruricola.) Although nearly all the Crab tribe are inhabitants of the water, there is a species found in the West Indies, a native of the Bahama Islands, whose habits are unlike those of the rest of its class, and highly
. The book of shells : containing the classes Mollusca, Conchifera, Cirrhipeda, Annulata, and Crustacea. Mollusks; Shells. 124 CLASS CRUSTACEA. still, however, holding fast for a length of time the part of the wounded leg which had come away. The curious shuffling walk of the Crab is well known, but it does not, as it is said, walk exactly backwards. The Land Crab, {Gecarcinus ruricola.) Although nearly all the Crab tribe are inhabitants of the water, there is a species found in the West Indies, a native of the Bahama Islands, whose habits are unlike those of the rest of its class, and highly curious in them- THE LAND CRAB, {Gecorcinus ruricola.) Land Crabs do not, like most other crustaceous ani- mals, live near salt-water, but take up their abode for the greatest part of the year in holes in the ground, hollow trunks of trees, and other places of the same description,. 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 Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner. DSI; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education. London : John W. Parker
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