Cancer Marinus Chelis Rubris: The red claw Crab.
This Crab is commonly of the Size of the Figure, of a brown Colour:
It hath two Claws of unequal Bigness, red at the Ends, and eight
Legs, which seem of less Use to them than in other Crabs, for when
on the Ground they crawl with slow Pace, dragging their Bodies after
them, but are mostly seen grasping with their Claws and hanging
to some Sea Plant or other marine Substance.
Titanokeratophyton ramocissimum, crusta eleganti tuberculata.
This Plant rises from one to two Feet in Height, covered with a
very thick tuberculated Incrustation, which while it is growing
in the Water, is covered with a thick Slime or Mucilage. The whole
Plant is pliant and very ponderous, both which it retains when dry,
the Colour of it is deep yellow, as well while it is growing as
when dry.
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