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249. Seba, Albertus. 
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per universam physices historiam, t. m, tab. xvn, no. 3. Copper-plate figure of lobster, called 
Astacus marinus americanus. Amstelaedami, 1758. 
Seba was the first to describe and figure the American lobster as a distinct species. 
250. Sherwood, George H. 
Experiments in lobster rearing. Report of special commission for the investigation of the lobster 
and the soft-shell clam. Washington, 1903. Report of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1903, 
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251. Smith, A. C. 
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Washington, 1885. 
252. Smith, Albert W. 
Composition of the shell and gastroliths of the lobster. In The American lobster (see 149), 
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253. Smith, Hugh M. 
In Report of the special commission for investigation of the lobster and the soft-shell clam. (De- 
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Washington, 1905. 
253a. — 
A review of the history and results of the attempts to acclimatize fish and other water animals in 
the Pacific States. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. xv, p. 379-472. (The American 
lobster, p. 459-463.) Washington, 1895. 
254. Smith, Sidney I. 
The early stages of the American lobster ( Homarus americanus Edwards). American Journal 
Science and Arts, vol. hi, p. 401-406, pi. ix. NewHaven, 1872. Abstract of fuller paper, no. 256. 
255- 
The metamorphoses of the lobster and other Crustacea. Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound, 
etc. (Verrill & Smith), in Report of the U. S. Fish Commissioner for 1871-1872, p. 522-537, 
fig. 4 and pi. ix. Washington, 1873. 
256. 
The early stages of the American lobster ( Homarus americanus Edwards). Transactions Con- 
necticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 11, pt. 2, p. 351-381, pi. xiv-xvm, fig. 1-4. New 
Haven, 1873. 
The best account at date of the metamorphosis of the American lobster. 
257. Stahr, H. 
Neue Beitrage zur Morphologie der Hummerschere, mit physiologischen und phylogenetischen 
Bemerkungen. Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft, bd. 33, p. 457-482, pi. xx-xxi. 
Jena, 1898. 
First notice of periodic arrangement of teeth in toothed forceps of lobster. 
tiber das Alter der beiden Chelae von Homarus vulgaris und fiber die “similar claws" Herrick’s. 
Zur Verstandigung mit Herm Przibram. Archiv ffir Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen, 
bd. 12, p. 162-166. Leipzig, 1901. 
239. Stebbing, Thomas R. R. 
A history of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. International Science Series, vol. lxiv. New 
York, 1893. 
Advocates the use of the generic name of Astacus (Leach) instead of Homarus (Milne-Edwards), for the true 
lobsters. 
