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Tank No. 23. 



Mostly small Crustaceans. 



Short-tailed (p. 84). Ilia (fig. 133), small and round. The Bashful 

 Crab {Calappa, fig. 134), half-globular, with reddish spots, 

 legs yellow and very thin, often hidden in the sand. Lupa 

 (fig. 135). The Common Green Crab {Carcinus, fig. 136), 

 runs nimbly. Eriphia (fig. 137), large and powerful. Four- 

 horned Spider Crab {Lissa, fig. 138). Scorpion Spider Crab 

 {Inachus, fig. 139) with long slender legs which are frequently 

 overgrown with sponges, weeds, etc. Lambrus (fig. 140), with 

 long, sideways claws. Dromia (fig. 141), carrying about large 

 orange or white sponges (Suberites). Dorippe (fig. 142), very 

 flat. Several other speices as well. 



Hermit- Crabs (p. 81), which walk around with their soft tail in- 

 side an old mollusc-shell for protection. Pagurus (fig. 143), 

 mostly with big sea-anemones on the mollusc-shell; Eupa- 

 gurus (fig. 144), much smaller, with one anemone. Also 

 hermit-crabs whose shell is quite overgrown by a red sponge. 



Long-tailed (p. 78). Prawn {Palaemon, fig. 145) hght with brown 

 stripes, very alert. 



Mantis-Prawn (5^w///a, fig. 146), with two purple eye-spots on the tail. 



Fig. 133. I/ia nucleus, 

 1/2 nat. size. p. 85. 



Fig. 134. Calappa granulata (Bashful-crab), 

 V2 nat. size. p. 85. 



^ig- ^35- Lupa hastata, 

 i/o nat. size. p. 85. 



Fig. 136. Carcinus inaenas 



(Green Crab), 



1/2 nat. size. p. 85. 



