CHAPTER XIII.

CRUSTACEA.

CRABS--LOBSTERS.

How are they distinguished from the Insects?--Barnacles and

Acorn-shells.--Siphonostomata.--Entomostraca.--King-Crab.

--Edriophthalmia.--Sandhoppers.--Thoracostraca.--Compound

Eye of the higher Crustaceans.--Respiratory Apparatus of the

Decapods.--Digestive Organs.--Chelæ or Pincers.--Distribution

of Crabs.--Land Crabs.--The Calling Crab.--Modifications of

the Legs in different species.--The Pinna and Pinnotheres.

--Hermit Crabs.--The Lobster.--The Cocoa-nut Crab.--The Shrimp.

--Moulting Process.--Metamorphoses of Crabs.--Victims and

Enemies of the Crustaceans.--Their Fecundity.--Marine Spiders

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