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
_Mouth._--The various parts vary far more than in any genus hitherto
described. The labrum is highly bullate, with the upper part forming a
rounded overhanging projection, and with the lower part much produced,
so that the mouth is placed far from the adductor scutorum muscle, and
consequently the orifice is directed more towards the ventral surface of
the thorax than in most other Cirripedes: on the crest of the labrum
there are some very small teeth in several of the species, but not in
all. The mandibles have either three or four main teeth, generally with
either one or two small teeth intermediate between the first and second
large teeth, and in the case of _S. Peronii_, with small teeth between
all the larger ones. The maxillæ have their edges furnished with many
spines, and are either straight or have the inferior part prominent and
step-formed. The outer maxillæ have the spines on their inner edges
either continuous or divided into two groups, of which latter structure
we have not hitherto had any very well characterised example. The
olfactory orifices are either highly or moderately protuberant.
In most of the species the prosoma is little developed, and the first
cirrus is placed far from the second. The _Cirri_ are generally but
little curled, and have elongated segments, with long, generally
serrated spines: the first cirrus varies in proportional length; the
second and third cirri have both their rami more thickly clothed with
spines than are the three posterior cirri, the spines being generally
arranged in three or four longitudinal rows: the cirri, however, of _S.
villosum_ in all respects resemble closely the cirri of _Pollicipes
sertus_ and _P. spinosus_.
The _Caudal Appendages_ are uniarticulate, small, and clothed with
spines: in _S. villosum_, however, differently from in all other allied
forms, there are no appendages.
The _Stomach_, in those species which I opened, is destitute of cæca.
There are no filamentary appendages.
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