. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 218 AMPHIPOUA. the name of Opossum Shrimps from the curious pouch, formed of plates attached to the abdominal legs, in which the female protects both her eggs and young until the latter have attained consider- able development. The Opossum Shrimps abound in the northern seas. The Arctic Ocean teems with myriads, forming, not troops, but vast clouds, spreading _^^^^ ^ over square leagues of ^r^/fh ^^ water, and affording suffi- ^'i '^-^^b. cient and most nutritive food for the whale, and for the prodigious shoals of salmon that
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 218 AMPHIPOUA. the name of Opossum Shrimps from the curious pouch, formed of plates attached to the abdominal legs, in which the female protects both her eggs and young until the latter have attained consider- able development. The Opossum Shrimps abound in the northern seas. The Arctic Ocean teems with myriads, forming, not troops, but vast clouds, spreading _^^^^ ^ over square leagues of ^r^/fh ^^ water, and affording suffi- ^'i '^-^^b. cient and most nutritive food for the whale, and for the prodigious shoals of salmon that visit the shores of Boothia during July and August, and upon wliich the inhabitants of that dreary region depend in a great measure for their supply of winter provisions. During summer the Opossum Slirimps absolutely crowd the mouths of the rivers, and there their destroyers revel in a continual Fig. 166.—ofossum shkimi Third Oeder of Crustaceans. Amphipoda.* In the succeeding Crustaceans the eyes are sessile, that is, not supported on jointed stems, and conse- quently motionless. The legs appended to the diffe- rent segments vary much in their structure. The Amphipods have their limbs arranged in two groups opposed to each other. Their body is generally compressed and curved towards the breast; they swim and leap with facility, but always lying on one side. Some of them inhabit fresh water, but by far the oToater number are marine. * a^t^i, ampin, 0/ /ifo wrU : ttovs, 2:iOus, a 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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