44 CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



of his chosen prison. The Pinnotheres likewise in- 

 liabits the Cardium edule. Before me is one of these 

 Crabs, of which the carapace is two lines in breadth, 

 obtained by Mr. Hyndman in a full-gro^vn C. edide 

 from Strangford Lough ; but from the Sligo coast where 

 this Crab attains an extraordinary large size, a Crab with 

 a carapace four lines in breadth, and with outstretched 

 legs seven lines across, was once kindly brought to me 

 by Lord Enniskillen. Mr. E. Ball informs me that on 

 two occasions he obtained a great number of the Pin- 

 notheres, and which were all males, from the Cardium 

 edule, when at Youghal. About nine out of every ten 

 cockles contained a Crab. On opening oysters at 

 Tenby in Wales he has procured the Pinnotheres. This 

 Crab, like the Pagurus, occupies different species of 

 shells according to its size, and at every age, and gene- 

 rally selects such as with outstretched legs it would fill 

 from side to side." 



Another extraordinary instance of anomalous associa- 

 tion is to be found in the habits of the Pagurus 2^ride- 

 auxii, which is invariably found with the cloak Anemone 

 {Adamsia palliata) adhering to it, and so strong are the 

 mysterious bonds of relationship, friendship, or whatever 

 it may be called, w^hich bind them together, that on the 

 Pagurus finding it requisite to increase the size of his 

 borrowed mansion, the Anemone, like a chosen com- 

 panion as he is, follows to the new home, being deftly 



