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
_S. (Herm.) valvis 14: sub-rostro præsente: carinâ pæne rectâ: laterum
paribus tribus; pari superiore triangulo._
(Herm.) Capitulum with 14 valves: sub-rostrum present: carina nearly
straight: three pair of latera; upper latera triangular.
_Mandibles_ with four teeth, of which the second is the smallest:
maxillæ with a projection near the inferior angle: no caudal appendage.
COMPLEMENTAL MALE, attached externally between the scuta, below the
adductor muscle; pedunculated; capitulum formed of six valves, with the
carina not descending much below the basal angles of the terga: mouth
and cirri prehensile.
Eastern Seas[60] (?) attached to shells and rocks. Mus. Brit.;
College of Surgeons; Cuming.
[60] No habitat is attached to any of these specimens; but Mr.
Sowerby informs me that he has seen specimens attached to the
_Modiola albicostata_ of Lamarck, which shell is said by the
latter author to be found in the seas of India, Timor, and New
Holland.
HERMAPHRODITE.
_Capitulum_ with fourteen valves, consisting of a pair of scuta and of
terga, a carina, (which five valves are much larger than the others,) a
rostrum, sub-rostrum, sub-carina, and three pair of small latera. All
the valves are covered by membrane, as are the calcareous scales on the
peduncle; and this membrane everywhere is densely clothed with spines.
The upper valves are not very thick; they stand rather close together.
The eight valves of the lower whorl are more solid, and are placed far
apart; they are small, tending to become rudimentary. None of the valves
are added to at their upper ends, in which respect this species differs
remarkably from the others of the genus, and approaches in character to
Pollicipes.
_Scuta_, with a deep hollow for the adductor muscle, triangular, with
the basal margin elongated, and protuberant.
_Terga_, large, flat, triangular, basal point blunt, with the carinal
margin slightly hollowed out, and the scutal margin protuberant. Apex
solid.
_Carina_, rather longer than the terga, straight, gradually widening
from the upper to the basal end, deeply concave. In young specimens the
upper part is slightly bowed inwards. Apex solid.
_Sub-carina_, with the inner surface crescent-shaped; the umbo points
transversely outwards; in width it exceeds the largest of the latera.
_Rostrum_, triangular, internally (fig. 8 _a_) concave; basal margin
slightly hollowed out, and deeply notched; rather less in width than the
carina; short, with the umbo pointing upwards and outwards. In young
specimens the apex curves a little inwards.
_Sub-rostrum_, with the inner surface transversely elongated (fig. 8
_b_), slightly crescent-shaped, about two thirds as wide as the rostrum.
The apex points transversely outwards.
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