The Life of Crustacea
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The Life of Crustacea is a book by W. T. Calman. The Crustacea form one of the divisions of a comprehensive group, or Phylum, known as Arthropoda.
The chief divisions or classes of the Arthropoda are given as Insecta, including Butterflies, Moths, Bees, Wasps, Flies, Beetles, and the like, and Arachnida, or Scorpions, Spiders, Mites, and their allies, among others. An Insect can generally be recognized by having three pairs of walking legs, an Arachnid by having four pairs, and a Centipede or Millipede by having a great many pairs, all nearly alike. A common species of Woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare, is very similar at first sight to the Millipede Glomeris marginata, but it has only seven pairs of walking legs, while the Millipede has seventeen or nineteen pairs. The text says a soap-bubble sinks much more slowly through the air than the drop of water into which it collapses.
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- W. T. Calman
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- 331
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