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claws ; the third, fourth, and fifth pairs one-clawed — the 
fourth and fifth pairs much stronger than the others. Ab- 
domen very large. 
Crangon vulgaris.^ Common Shrimp . (Plate YIXX. 
fig. 2 .) — Second pair of legs nearly as long as the third. 
Carapace and abdomen nearly quite smooth; there *is a 
small spine on the stomachal region, and one above each 
branchial region. Middle plate of fin pointed, and not 
grooved above. 
It is in spawn all the summer months ; the ova are of a 
dirty-white colour. When alive of a greenish-grey, spotted 
with browm. When boiled this does not become red like 
most of the group. 
Common on the coast on sandy bottoms, in which it 
buries itself by means of its hinder legs, which are stronger 
than those preceding them ; it heaps the loose sand on itself 
with the antennse.t This is the Shrimp caught in such 
quantities on our coasts, and used as food. 
Crangon fasciatus, Pisso. Banded Shrimp . — A trans- 
verse brown band on the fourth ring of the abdomen, which 
is somewhat gibbous and considerably narrowed behind ; 
* Astacus Crangon, Herbst ; Crangon vulgaris, Fair. 
f Qouch, ‘ Cornish Fauna/ p. 79, 
