THE STOPPER- FISTED HERMIT-CRAB. 



Fig. 65. — Pylocheles miersii, discovered by Dr A. R. S. Anderson, 

 in the Andaman Sea, at 185 fathoms. The upper figure {a) gives an end- 

 on view of the animal bottled in its natural tube of water-logged man- 

 grove or bamboo, with its bent " hands " closing the mouth of the tube 

 like a cork. The lower figure shows the animal in a conventional position 

 after removal from its refuge. 



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