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Identifier: bulletinnewyork911905newy (find matches)
Title: Bulletin - New York State Museum
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: New York State Museum New York State Museum
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Albany : New York State Education Dept
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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, this is a very active form and it occurs ingreat numbers under the debris, seaweed, eelgrass etc. cast up bythe tide, about high water mark. When this is turned over, theymake ofT by leaps in every direction, so- that it is difficult to catchthem, and then hide under the edges of stones or other objects. Length: male 10-15 mm, female 10-14 mm. Color varies greatly,and all shades are found, from a light flesh color through pink orolive green to a deep slate or almost to black. This species is distributed almost everywhere along the shore ofthe bays and may nearly always be found. Orchestia palnstris SmithOrchestia palnstris Smith. S. I. In Verrill. /. c. 1874. p.55S-Gnathopods as in O . agilis, but with palm of second pairof male smooth and without the notch. Antennulae reaching beyond HIGHER CRUSTACEA OF NEW YORK CITY 155 tip of penultimate jcMiit of antennae. Mat^elluni of antennae slender,longer than the peduncle an.d with 18 to 26 sei^nients. Coxal platesas in preceding- species.
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Fig. 22 Orchestiapalustris male, and first and second gnathopoda of female Very common under stones and logs above high water mark andsomewhat farther from the water than a g i 1 i s . Length: male 15-22 mm, female 12-18 mm. Color varies muchas in O . a g i 1 i s . Found all along the shores of the bays. Talorchestia longicornis (Say) T a 1 i t r u s 1 o n g i c o r n i s Say, T. /. c. 1818. p.384.Talorchestia longicornis Verrill. /. c. 1874. P-556. Small-wood, M. E. Cold Spring Harbor ^Monographs, i. Brooklyn. 1903. First gnathopods subchelate inthe males but not in the females.Second gnathopods of male verylarge, subchelate, broader distallyand with a large tubercle on thepalm. Antennulae just reachingtip of penultimate joint of anten-nae, which are as long as the body.Eyes of moderate size. Coxalplates and uropods much as inOrchestia. Found on the sand beaches be-tween and above tide marks, often running or leaping over the sandbut usually buried in it or under driftwood. An exceed

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