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English: Psalidopus huxleyi (= Psalidopus spiniventris ), the blind Scissor-foot Prawn of the depths of the Andaman Sea. The chelae are unique, in being formed like shears, and the second pair of legs end in a brush of hairs. The shears and the brush are shown, enlarged, on the left.
Date
Source Alcock W. T. A naturalist in Indian Seas, or, Four Years with the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator, 1902. Figure 21
Author
Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933) wikidata:Q947470 s:en:Author:Alfred William Alcock
Alfred William Alcock
Alternative names
Alcock; A. Alcock; A. W. Alcock
Description -British physician
Date of birth/death 23 June 1859 Edit this at Wikidata 24 March 1933 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mumbai Belvedere
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creator QS:P170,Q947470

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The author died in 1933, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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