Class V. LOBSTERS. 23 



Cancer. Lin. Syft. 1049. Bernardus. 



38. Hermit. 



C, with rough claws ; the right claw is the longer 5 

 the legs Tubulated, and ferrated along the upper 

 ridge j the tail naked and tender, and furnifhed 

 with a hook, by which it fecures itfelf in its lodg- 

 ing. 



This fpecies is parafitic, and inhabits the empty 

 cavities of turbinated friells, changing its habita- 

 tion according to its increafe of growth, from the 

 fmall nerite 9 to the large whelk. Nature denies it 

 the ftrong covering behind, which it has beftowed 

 on others of this clafs, and therefore directs it to 

 take refuge in the deferted cafes of other animals. 



Arlfiotle defcribes it very exactly under the name 

 of KugKiviov *. By the moderns it is called the fol- 

 dier, from the idea of its dwelling in a tent ; or the 

 hermit^ from retiring into a cell. 



* gift. An. lib. iy. c. ^.Jib. V, f, 15. 



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