CONTENTS 



Chapter 



I. Classification of Crustacea in outline . . 



II. "Where to find specimens . . . .12 



III. On giants and dwarfs . . . .24 



IV. On the Crustacean segments and their appendages 32 

 V. Crabs ; their tribes, legions, and families . . 50 



VI. The great eatable crab and its allies . . 55 



VII. The land-crabs, and others of the same tribe . 78 

 VIII. On the ' sharp-snouted ' crabs, and some of their 



manners and customs .... 104 



IX. On the tribe called Oxystomata or Leucosiidea . 123 



X. The anomalous crabs .... 133 

 XI. Hermit-crabs, lobsters, and shrimps; their tribes, 



legions, and families .... 146 



XII. Borrowers, and their kindred . . . 180 



XIII. The warty Scyllarus and the spiny lobster, or 



crawfish ...... 191 



XIV. The Norway lobster, the common lobster, and the 



crayfish ...... 199 



XV. Small tribe of the Stenopidea . . .211 



XVI. Branchial system, development, and range of the 

 Penaeidea ..... 



XVII. A surprising multitude of shrimps and prawns . 224 

 XVIII. The Schizopoda ; their branching feet ; their fami- 

 lies ; their luminosity .... 256 



XIX. The burrowing Squillids, and their puzzling pelagic 



larv* . . 279 



XX. A concise history of the Cumacea . . . 291 



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