ILLUSTRIOUS SiiNIOR SHELLBACK. BIG SHELLBACKS. LITTLL SHLlLBACKS 
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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 MATERIAL 
ON BOARD , SUBJECTED IT TO ALL POSSIBLE SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY AND 
ALL BUT DISSECTED SOME OF IT. I FIND A SHELLBACK AFTER ALL' A.' 
VERY SIMPLE CREATURE WITH MANY TRAITS AND CHARACTERS IN COMMON 
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 RUT AND THEY ARE PLENTY ABLE AT DISHING 
OUT THE DI-RT. - - : v . - - • 
" V 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 -'TOR' INSTANCE 
ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN 0E THE BURROWING SHRIMPS ALONG THE CALIFOR 
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N'IaN ; COAST IS ;I 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- " 
UPOGEB IA :i . 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 S HR I MP . HA VJE. . ,RE ADS,.. CARRYING.^ HE., SENSOR Y. APPA- 
RATUS HEAD AND 1HE THORACIC REGION TOGETHER ARE COVERED gy 
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