Heredity and sex . Fig. 79. — A male of Inachus mauritanicus (upper left hand). Female ofInachus scorpi (lower left hand). Male of Inachus mauritanicus carrying onits abdomen two specimens of Danalia curvata and a small Sacculina neglecta(upper right hand). Male of Inachus mauritanicus with a Sacculina neglectaon it (lower right hand). The abdomen and chelae of the host are inter-mediate in character between those of an ordinary male and female. (AfterGeoffrey Smith.) As the figures (Fig. 80) show, the adult male haslarge claws; the female, small ones. He has a narrowabdomen; she has a broad o
Heredity and sex . Fig. 79. — A male of Inachus mauritanicus (upper left hand). Female ofInachus scorpi (lower left hand). Male of Inachus mauritanicus carrying onits abdomen two specimens of Danalia curvata and a small Sacculina neglecta(upper right hand). Male of Inachus mauritanicus with a Sacculina neglectaon it (lower right hand). The abdomen and chelae of the host are inter-mediate in character between those of an ordinary male and female. (AfterGeoffrey Smith.) As the figures (Fig. 80) show, the adult male haslarge claws; the female, small ones. He has a narrowabdomen; she has a broad one. In the male thereis a pair of stylets on the first abdominal ring (anda pair of greatly reduced appendages behind them).The adult female has four biramous abdominal append-ages with hairs to carry the eggs. THE EFFECTS OF CASTRATION 157.
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