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[pl. 31]. These preoral appendages were the only prehensile organs of the animal; they are, therefore, of relatively large size. If the separate chelicera belongs to the specimen alongside which it lies—of which there is
Figure 54 Eusarcus scorpionis Grote & Pitt. Ventral view of swimming leg of right side, and the coxa of that of the left side; the metastoma; operculum and the two following sternites. The female opercular appendage is partly preserved [see diagram, text fig. 55]. Text figure 57 is a diagram from the swimming leg here shown. Natural size. The original in the State Museum |