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
The thorax and prosoma are of the same shape as in _I. Cumingii_, and in
the largest specimen, about one tenth of an inch square; the prosoma, as
in that species, is hairy. In the _Mouth_, all the parts are closely
similar to those of _I. Cumingii_, but one third larger; the crest of
the labrum is a little roughened with minute points: the palpi are
squarer and blunter at their extremities: the mandibles have their
second and third teeth nearly equal in size to the first, and they do
not appear pectinated: the maxillæ have their spinose edge very nearly
straight: the outer maxillæ are pointed. The olfactory orifices are
similarly situated, and of similar shape; they are dark coloured.
_Cirri._--These also are similar to those of _I. Cumingii_; the
segments, however, of the three posterior cirri have each four pair of
spines, placed very close together in a transverse direction. First
cirrus has its two rami unequal in length by about six segments. The
anterior rami of the second and third cirri are thicker, and more
thickly clothed with spines, than the posterior rami, to perhaps a
greater degree than in _I. Cumingii_. In the posterior cirri, the upper
segments of the pedicels are nearly as long as the lower segments.
_Caudal Appendages_, four times as long as the pedicel of the sixth
cirrus, and three fourths of the length of the rami of this same cirrus:
segments thirty-two in number, and therefore as many as those forming
the sixth cirrus: the upper segments are much thinner and longer than
the basal segments; each furnished with a circle of short bristles;
whole appendage excessively thin and tapering: the two closely
approximate.
_Colour._--From some well-preserved dryed specimens in Mr. Stutchbury’s
possession, it appears that the sack, cirri and trophi, were dark blue,
as in _I. Cumingii_; after being long kept in spirits, these parts
become brown.
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