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cean, all of which differ more or less from the 

 species with which we are most familiar. In the 

 common lobster the body and thorax are smooth, 

 the antennae long, the claws and fangs large ; one 

 of them, which is greater than the other, has the 

 inside of the pincers tuberculated ; the other, 

 which is less in size, is not tuberculated, but ser- 

 rated on the inner edge. 



Another kind, called the Long-clawed lobster, 

 differs in a remarkable degree from the common 

 species. The body is smooth, indeed, like the 

 preceding, but in front of the thorax there are 

 three sharp, slender spines, the legs are weak and 

 bristly, and the antennae slender. In this species 

 the body and tail are about five inches long, but 

 the long slender claws and fangs are six inches 

 and a half in length. 



In the Norway lobster there are other peculi- 

 arities. The snout is long and spiny, the body is 

 marked with three ridges, the claws are long and 

 angular, having spines along the angles, the legs 

 are slender, and, what is remarkable, they are 

 furnished with pincers. 



The Spiny lobster differs from all the preceding 

 species in several particulars. It has a broad front 

 armed with two large spines, and between them a 

 smaller as guard to the eyes which are prominent ; 

 the body and thorax are all covered with spines, 

 the claws very small and short, and the fangs small, 

 single, and hinged, the legs slender and smooth, 

 and the tail longer than in the common lobster. 



Another remarkable species is the Plaited 



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