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THE LIFE OF CRUSTACEA 



defence ; but the fingers are provided with recurved 

 teeth, enabling them to take a firm hold of the 

 slippery body of the Anemone. Particles of food 

 caught by the tentacles of the Anemone are removed 

 and eaten by the Crab, which uses for the purpose 

 the long walking legs of the first pair. The same 

 limbs are also used in the process of detaching the 



FIG. 68 A, THE CRAB Melia tessellata CLINGING TO A BRANCH 

 OF CORAL, AND CARRYING IN EACH CLAW A LIVING SEA- 

 ANEMONE ; B, ONE OF THE CLAWS FURTHER ENLARGED TO 



SHOW THE WAY IN WHICH THE ANEMONE IS HELD. (After 



Borradaile.) 



Anemones from the stone on which they may be 

 growing. The Anemones do not appear to suffer 

 from the rough treatment to which they are sub- 

 jected, but whether they can reap any benefit from 

 the partnership is very doubtful. 



From remote antiquity it has been known that a 

 little Crab (Fig. 69) is frequently found living within 



