A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2): The Lepadidae; Or, Pedunculated CirripedesDarwin, Charles
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A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2): The Lepadidae; Or, Pedunculated Cirripedes
Darwin, Charles
Cirripedia; Lepadidae
I have not seen this species, and have drawn up the above specific
character from the Plates and brief descriptions in the Voyages of the
Coquille and Astrolabe. M. Lesson thinks that his species differs from
that of MM. Quoy and Gaimard; but as the peculiar yellow colour of the
capitulum, general shape, short cirri, habits and range, are all common
to both, I believe that they are identical. There is, however, one
singular difference, namely, that the cirri are coloured bright blue in
the Plate in the Voyage of the Astrolabe, and yellowish in that in the
Voyage of the Coquille: this possibly may have resulted from the drawing
in the latter case having been made from a specimen long kept in
spirits.
M. Lesson says that there are seven pair of cirri, from which I infer
that this species has a pair of long, articulated, caudal appendages: he
asserts that each cirrus has ten segments; the cirri are short and
little curled. M. Lesson remarks, that “deux languettes bifurques
occupent le bas de l’ouverture ovale:” I can hardly doubt but that these
are horny scuta of nearly the same shape as in _A. minuta_. The whole
animal seems to be extremely transparent, and of a “jaune-citron clair.”
MM. Quoy and Gaimard, however, remark, that different specimens vary
from white to yellow. Entire length two inches, of which the capitulum
is fourteen French lines. The peduncle is narrow and short.
[45] See Foot-note, p. 159.
3. ALEPAS CORNUTA. Pl. III, fig. 6.
_A. aperturâ parvâ, leviter prominente: scutis nullis: capitulo
plerumque tribus, parvis, compressis eminentiis secundum carinalem
marginem instructo._
Orifice small, slightly protuberant; capitulum without horny scuta;
generally with three small flattened projections along the carinal
margin.
Outer maxillæ with the inner bristles divided into two groups; segments
of the posterior cirri extremely numerous, each with one pair of main
spines; inner rami of the fifth and sixth cirri rudimentary.
St. Vincent’s, West Indies, attached to an Antipathes, collected
by the Rev. L. Guilding.
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