Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 185
er inwhich the living animal makes use of the organs in ques-tion. The Crab always carriesthem erectand elevated; and isincessantly striking the waterwith them, with a very peculiarjerking action, now and thenvibrating, and, as it has beencalled, twiddling them.These antennae, therefore, ap- EAR OF… … CRABS AND SHRIMPS. 173 let the animal be at rest, let it be feeding, no matter, theinner antennae are ever elevated, and on constant guard. The lengthened and delicate seta? with which they arefurnished are, moreover, peculiarly adapted to receive andconvey the most minute vibratory sensations from…
Zoology · Microscopy
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