"Squilla" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... for by their different habits of life, such as by the male wandering more about, and being thus more exposed to the light. Dr. Power tried to distinguish by colour the sexes of the several species which inhabit the Mauritius, but failed, except with one species of Squilla, probably S. stylifera, the male of which is described as being "of a beautiful bluish-green," with some of the appendages cherry-red, whilst the female is clouded with brown and grey, "with the red about her much less vivid than in the male." (15. Mr. Ch. Fraser, ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin |
