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Robber-Crab of Oriental Island Jungles
Male of the Robber-crab (Birgus latro).... The small and slender fifth pair of legs are tucked up, out of sight, in the branchial chambers. The specimen from which the drawing was made weighed nearly six pounds. It is in a conventional attitude
Robber-Crab of Oriental Island Jungles<br>Male of the Robber-crab (Birgus latro).... The small and slender fifth pair of legs are tucked up, out of sight, in the branchial chambers. The specimen from which the drawing was made weighed nearly six pounds. It is in a conventional attitude<br>
CategoryShellfish
CaptionRobber-Crab of Oriental Island Jungles
Male of the Robber-crab (Birgus latro).... The small and slender fifth pair of legs are tucked up, out of sight, in the branchial chambers. The specimen from which the drawing was made weighed nearly six pounds. It is in a conventional attitude
Image Date1902.00
SubjectCrabs
Birgus
Image Source AuthorAlcock, Alfred W.
Image Source TitleNaturalist in Indian Seas : or, Four Years with the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator'
Pub. Info.New York City, NY : E. P. Dutton & Co., 1902
Page No./Plate No.Fig.6
Digital collectionFreshwater and Marine Image Bank
RepositoryMost materials are located in the University of Washington Libraries. Images were scanned by staff of the UW Fisheries-Oceanography Library
CopyrightMaterials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.
Ordering InformationThe University of Washington Libraries does not provide reproductions of this image. This record contains a citation for this image. If you want to use the scanned image, acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.
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