Dwellers of the sea and shore dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 88 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore but thorough, examination. Then deftly inserting his great claw into the opening, he explores the interior. A scale worm, clinging just within the glazed en- trance, seems evidently not to concern him. The crab's pressing occupation now is to determine whether or not these precincts contain something more formidable— perhaps a member of his own tribe. He finds it free from these, however, and prepares to take it over. Grasping the rim with his pincers he is about to with- polynoe; the scale wo

Dwellers of the sea and shore dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 88 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore but thorough, examination. Then deftly inserting his great claw into the opening, he explores the interior. A scale worm, clinging just within the glazed en- trance, seems evidently not to concern him. The crab's pressing occupation now is to determine whether or not these precincts contain something more formidable— perhaps a member of his own tribe. He finds it free from these, however, and prepares to take it over. Grasping the rim with his pincers he is about to with- polynoe; the scale wo

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Dwellers of the sea and shore dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 88 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore but thorough, examination. Then deftly inserting his great claw into the opening, he explores the interior. A scale worm, clinging just within the glazed en- trance, seems evidently not to concern him. The crab's pressing occupation now is to determine whether or not these precincts contain something more formidable— perhaps a member of his own tribe. He finds it free from these, however, and prepares to take it over. Grasping the rim with his pincers he is about to with- polynoe; the scale worm. draw from his old shell and transfer to the new-found one when his antennas fall across the worm. This causes him to hesitate. Oh, well; no matter. There seems to be room enough for two. So, without more delay, he vaults over swiftly and nimbly into the other shell. Possession is followed immediately by a momentary disappearance whereupon all but the tips of his claws are hidden from sight. Soon his fore body emerges, and by the aid of the currents that wash the gill cav- ities, he sends forth a stream of particles consisting of the sand and debris that have filtered into the recesses of the scurfy ruin. The operation of retreating into