ILLUSTRIOUS SENIOR SHELLBACK, BIG SHELLBACKS. LITTLE SHELLBACKS 
AND WOULD-BE SHELLBACKS 
HERE I AN AN HUMBLE BUG-HUNTER THREATENED WITH A DUCKING 
BECAUSE I HAVE NO CERTIFICATE, IF I CANNOT PROVE RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN A SHELLBACK AND A BURROWING SHRIMP. SO HERE IN MY 
EXTREMITY I HAVE CAREFULLY GONE OVER ALL THE SHELLBACK- MATER IAL 
ON BOARD , SUBJECTED IT TO ALL POSSIBLE SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY 'AND 
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ALL BUT DISSECTED SOME OF IT. I FIND A SHELLBACK AFTER ALL A 
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VERY SIMPLE CREATURE WITH MANY TRAITS AND CHARACTERS IN COMMON 
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WITH A BURROWING SHRIMP. 
1. WHERE DO WE FIND THE BURROWING SHRIMP EXCAVATING 
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HIS BURROW IN THE SAND AND MUD. WELL MOST SHELLBACKS APPEAR 
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TO BE MORE OR LESS IN A BUT- AND THEY ARE PLENTY ABLE AT DISHING 
OUT THE DIRT. • ■ • ; . ■' 
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WHEN WE RECALL SOME OF THE -NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO 
SOME OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BURROW ING 'SHR IMP } WE FIND SOME 
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THAT ARE EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO' 'MANY SHELLBACKS FOR INSTANCE 
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ONE' OF THE BEST KNOWN 0E THE BURROWING SHRIMPS ALONG THE CALIFOR 
NIAN COAST IS 1 CALLIANASSA LONG IMANNA ■■ LONG IMANNA IS THE LONG" 
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HANDED BURROWING SHRIMP. IT HAS NOTHING ON THE SHELLBACKS _ 
BOARDING -'HOUSE REACH. ANOTHER BURROWING SHRIMP IS CALLED 
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"UPOGEBIA SOUNDS STRANGELY ' LIKE A COMMON SHELLBACK AFFLICTION 
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WHEN I MORE MINUTELY EXAMINE THE ANATOMY OF A BURROWING 
SHRIMP THE RESEMBLANCES TO. WHAT: WE CALL A SHELLBaCK IS EVEN-MORE 
PRONOUNCED- THE SHRIMP HAVE. HEADS, CARRYING, THE .SENSORY APPA- 
RATUS HEAD AND 1HE THORACIC ' REG ION TOGETHER ARE COVERED By 
