Life Beneath the Waves. 47 



name of the Angled-crab ; its chief peculiari- 

 ties are its immensely long claws, or arms, 

 its long-stalked eyes, and its having on its 

 carapace or shell a curiously distorted 

 impression of a human countenance. The 

 colouring of the Angled-crab is very pretty 

 and somewhat varied. The smaller 

 specimens are generally of a delicate 

 pink hue, merging into white ; in larger 

 specimens, the arms, legs, upper part of 

 the back, and the stalks of the eyes are 

 salmon-colour, the lower part of the 

 carapace being much lighter, whilst the 

 moveable joint of the large claws is densely 

 black, also the shining eyes. 



The disposition of the Angled-crab 

 appears to be more amiable than that of 

 many of his relations ; I have continually 

 had specimens in my aquaria, and have 

 never seen them attempt to quarrel, fight, 



