268 CRUSTACEA, ECHINODERMS, ETC. 



which, in some points, are intermediate between the 

 long-bodied lobster family, and the short-bodied crabs. 

 They are generally nocturnal in their habits, when 

 they are very stirring. By day they lurk beneath 



Fig. 200. 



Squat Lobster (GaJathea sqnanrifera). 



stones, &c., with their long tails folded up beneath 

 them, and in their natural habitats affect deepish 

 water. Off the Devonshire and Cornish coasts they 

 are not uncommon. 



Of crabs we have of course an abundance. The 



