AXIUS. 
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usually pink. The crustaceous covering very thin. Mov- 
able finger of the large claw blunt and scarcely toothed 
beneath; wrists and hands smooth; middle plate of caudal 
fin very broad, but much shorter than the side pieces. 
Length two inches (exclusive of arms). 
First found by Colonel Montagu, at the depth of nearly 
two feet beneath the surface, on a sandbank in the estuary 
of Kingsbridge. It seems to be not uncommon in the 
Moray Firth, as parts of it are often found in the stomach 
of the Haddock. (Rev. G. Gordon in ‘ Zoologist/ 3684.) 
Gen. 32. AXIUS, Leach . 
Outer antennae nearly as long as the body, the peduncle 
furnished above with a small movable spine; inner an- 
tennae with two setae nearly as long as the carapace; outer 
foot-jaws rather slender, pediform joints nearly of equal 
length. Front feet unequal, compressed, two- toed, the 
other pairs slender, compressed, simple : carapace much 
compressed ; abdomen rounded above, the five intermediate 
joints of nearly equal length; the caudal joint elongate-tri- 
angular. 
Axius stiehynchus, Leach. Slow Shrimp — Beak short, 
