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ANOMURA PAGURIDEA 



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Fam. 1. Albuneidae. The first legs are subchelate; the 

 carapace is flattened, without expansions covering the legs. 

 Albunea with several species in the Mediterranean, West Indies, 

 and Indo-Facific. 



Fam. 2. Hippidae. The first legs are simple, the carapace is 



FIG. 117 .Remipes smtellatiis, dorsal and ventral views, x 1. (From original 

 drawings prepared for Professor Weldon.) 



Bubcylindrical with expansions covering the legs. Ecmipcs (F 

 117) and Hippa in tropical or subtropical seas. 



Tribe 3. Paguridea. 1 



The ordinary Hermit-crabs, (-(iiiinion on the English as on 

 every coast, are characterised by the fleshy asymmetrical 

 abdomen from \\liidi nil the- hard matter has disappeared, and 

 which is carried tucked ;i\va,y in an empty (!asten>pod shell. The 

 abdomen is spirally wound in accordance with the shape of the 

 shell, and a firm attachment is effected by means of the sixth pair 

 of pleopods, especially that of the left side, which is fashioned into 

 the form of a hook and is curled round 1 lie colmnell;i of I lie shell; 

 this attachment is so secure that in trying to ]>nll a Hermit-crab 

 out, of its shell the body is torn apart before the hold gi\es 

 way. The other pleopods are in a much reduced condition, being 

 generally altogether absent from the right side of the abdomen, 



1 Milne Ivl \vanls ami Houvicr, JJuff. ,S'-. /'////.-//<///. Paris (S), ii.. 



" ( 'nistiici's I)'c;i|,c,ilcs," 1HOO. 



