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NATURAL HISTORY. 
Pisum.) Found in muscle shells; about the size 
of a pea. : 
All the species of this genus inhabit the bivalve 
shells of the Mytilide, Pinne, &c. of the 
acephalous Mollusca. 
GONOPLAX. Brispinosa. Mal. Podopth. t. 13. 
Brit. Zool, 4. t. 5. f. 10. (Cancer ANGU- 
LATUS.) Has been taken on many parts of the 
southern coast of Devon. 
The animals of this family inhabit deep water 
where the bottom is clayey or slimy in which 
they make a lateral burrow with two entrances, 
EURYNOME. Aspera. Malac. Podopth. t. 17, 
Brit. Zool. 4.1.9, (Cancer Asper.) Dredged 
up from deep water offthe coast occasionally, 
PISA. 1. Grepstr. Malac. Podepth. t. 19. Lin. 
Trans. 11. 2. t. 1. (Cancer BracuLeatwvs.) 
Deep waters on the coast. Montagu. Not 
unfrequently taken by the trawl net. 
2. P. Terraopon. Malac. Podopth. t. 20. 
Brit. Zool. 4. t. 8. f. 15. (Cancer TETRODON,) 
In deep water off Teignmouth, and thrown on 
the beaches occasionally after storms. 
MAJA. Saqurinapo. Malac. Podopth. t. 18. 
Sow. Brit. Misc. t. 39. (Cancer Maga.) 
The Thorn Back or King Crab, Off the coast 
in the deep water frequent; in the younger 
state (when it differs much in general appearance 
from the aduit) it approaches the shore and is 
often taken in the common nets. 
HYAS, kk ARAN EUS, Malac, Podopth, A, t. OF, 
