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Animal Life by the Sea-shore. 



FIG. 43. SPINOUS SPIDER-CRAB (AFTER BELL 



and among these we may mention the scorpion spider-crab 

 (Inachus dorsettensis) similar to Maia, but much smaller and 

 wth a smooth carapace (Fig. 44). 



In crabs, as in nearly aU Decapod (ten-footed) Crustaceans, 

 the eggs are carried by the mother, attached to the swimmerets 



FIG. 4.|.. SCORPION SPIDER-CRAB (AFTER BELL 



on the ventral side of the abdomen, crabs in this condition 

 being said by fishmongers to be " in berry." Since the abdomen 

 of the Brachyura has ceased to assist in locomotion, this is its 

 only function, and the organ is therefore much better developed 



