. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. THE CRAYFISH 143 however, eaten in various localities and by various peoples. For example, our little oyster-crab (Fig. 140), found in the. Fig. 139. — Platyonichus oceHaius, lady-crab, by W. H. C. P. Reduced to one-third. Photo. mantle chamber of the oyster, is eaten by us together with the oyster or separately. The fiddler-crabs are representative of the square crabs. These are the familiar animals which crowd salt-marshes and run sideways to and from their burrows (Fig. 141). One claw is much larger than
. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. THE CRAYFISH 143 however, eaten in various localities and by various peoples. For example, our little oyster-crab (Fig. 140), found in the. Fig. 139. — Platyonichus oceHaius, lady-crab, by W. H. C. P. Reduced to one-third. Photo. mantle chamber of the oyster, is eaten by us together with the oyster or separately. The fiddler-crabs are representative of the square crabs. These are the familiar animals which crowd salt-marshes and run sideways to and from their burrows (Fig. 141). One claw is much larger than the other. When the crab is disturbed, the large claw is brandished in a manner which has been likened to the movements of a fiddle as one plaj^s upon it. Gelasi'rnus pug'nax is the most abundant species, and ranges from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Mexico. Together with Cambarus it does much damage by burrowing in the levees of the Mississippi River (Fig. 142).. 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 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- joint author. New York, Macmillan
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