Glass-crabs (Phyllosoma), the larval forms of rock lobsters, &c. (Palinuridæ), formerly regarded as adults, and made into a genus or family. The body consists of two transparent leaf-like discs; there are beautiful eyes on long stalks.
Glass-crabs
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 248
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