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like teeth of varying lengths; but the “ finger and thumb ”’ of the right are as long as the animal's 
body, with a corresponding development of the teeth. It appears probable that when the Shrimp 
lies buried in the sand this formidable implement, partly closed, sweeps the surface like a rake 
and draws in all sorts of good things to 
be turned over and picked up by the 
shorter pincers of the other imbs. This 
species will be found figured on page 1124. 
Then we have the assortment of strange 
creatures figured on page 1125. It is 
taking a liberty with names to label all 
these as Shrimps, but seeing that there 
is no popular term applicable to them, 
what else is one to do? One cannot 
expect to be allowed to refer to them as 
Flabellifera and Asellota, which are their 
scientific family names; so we take the 
liberty of including them all under the 
name of Shrimps in a broad sense imply- 
ing small crustaceans that are not crabs 
or lobsters. 
The one that carries his eyes at the 
extremity of long stalks is known by a 
scientific name that signifies Oar-Shrimp. 
It is another of the Challenger finds, 
and it has the distinction of being the 
creature whose eyes are farther away 
from its head than in any other animal. 
Our portrait of it is much larger than 
life; the actual length of the Shrimp 
without its eye-stalks is only a quarter of 
an inch. The eye-stalks by themselves 
exceed that length. 
The Slender-bodied Shrimp, to trans- 
late its name Ischnosoma, is a quaint 
form that would remind one somewhat 
of the Stick-insects were it not for the 
too abundant legs. Apart from these 
organs, it might serve as model for a 
very deadly form of truncheon. Some how vy | "LB Step, BLL. 
of the joints of the hind-body or “ tail” SEL pe RIME: 
E oe Part of the jaws of this remarkable shrimp is so developed as to 
have become fused together, which gives resemble the front limbs of the Mantis, and is used for similar 
an air of stiffness and solidity to it, whilst purposes. The Mantis Shrimp is about three inches long, and it 
wh e : . burrows in sand and mud 
the “head” portion, which, in proper 
Shrimps shows no joints, consists of four rings. One point that will be noticed is the absence of 
eyes, in which respect the Slender Shrimp offers a strong contrast to the Oar-Shrimp. It is, of 
course, a deep-water species, and was found in the neighbourhood of the Azores. 
The Hatchet-jawed Shrimp looks like a creature suffering from swelled head, this division of the 
body being equal to the other two parts in length, and much more in bulk, The two very prominent 
appendages of the jaws are much like hatchets in shape. We have a closely-related species on our 
