Note 35 — Chapter VI · THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE ÆTIOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISHES.

According to Dr. Günther their southern range is similarly limited by the Asiatic Highlands. But they abound in the rivers both of the old and new worlds which flow into the Arctic sea; and though those on the western side of the Rocky Mountains are different from the Eastern American forms, yet there are species common to both the Asiatic and the American coasts of the North Pacific.