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ARTHROSTRACA OF CONNECTICUT. 



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Caprella linearis (Linnaeus). 



Cancer linearis, Linnseus, Syst. Natur., p. 1056. 

 Body slender, although the third and fourth thoracic seg- 

 ments of female which bear marsupial plates are rather broad, 



smooth except for a few slender tubercles on the three posterior 

 segments. Body of adult male much more slender than female, 

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