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NATURAL HISTORY OP OUR SHORES 



divisions. A " group," of which, it is the only occupant, 

 has been termed the Leptostraca. The one species, Nebalia 



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Fig. 48. Amphipoda and Lwpoda. 1. Talitrus locusta ; 

 2. Orchettia littoralis ; 3. Sph<vroma serratum ; 4. 

 Idotea tricuspidata ; 5. Anilocra Mediterranea. All 

 natural size 



bipes (or Nebalia Geoffroyi) is common on our shores. Tt 

 is an oval bodied, laterally flattened little animal, about 

 half-an inch long, and of a polished ivory-white colour, with 

 bright red eyes. 



