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Excerpt from The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. 6: 2. Porifera (Part II.); Desmacidonidae (Pars.)
Besides the division into chelae and ancora Levinsen, in the paper quoted, subdivides chela into two forms, chelae palmatae and arcuatae. The former have a straight, or most frequently only slightly curved' shaft, and rather large alae forming together an almost triangular or oval plate, often with a deep notch below; the tooth is often rather broad. In the other form, chelae arcuatae, the shaft is most frequently rather strongly curved, the alae are highly indented below and only attached to the shaft for a comparatively short way, thereby getting a somewhat tooth-like appearance; the tooth is most frequently rather narrow. To be sure, these two forms are not principally different, but differ only in form, and forms may also be met with that may only with difficulty be referred to either of them; but generally they form two well-marked groups, and are also characteristic for certain genera. Therefore there is every reason to keep this division. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
