CONTENTS 



Chapter 



I. Classification of Crustacea in outline 



II. Where to find specimens 



III. On giants and dwarfs 



IV. On the Crustacean segments and their appendages 

 V. Crabs ; their tribes, legions, and families 



VI. The great eatable crab and its allies 

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

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

 manners and customs 

 IX. On the tribe called Oxystomata or Leucoslidea 



X. The anomalous crabs ... 



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

 legions, and families ... 



XII. Burrowers, and their kindred 



XIII. The warty Scyllarus and the spiny lobster, or 



crawfish ..... 



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



crayfish ..... 

 XV Small tribe of the Stenopidea 

 XVI. Branchial system, developmfnt, and range of the 

 Penaeidea ..... 

 XVII. A surprising multitude of shrimps and prawns 

 XVIII. The Schizopoda ; their branching feet ; their fami 

 lies ; their luminosity 

 XIX. The burrowing Squillidae, and their puzzling pe'agic 

 larvae ..... 



XX. A concise history of the Cumacea . 



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