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
_Maxillæ_ (fig. 10), with the edge not quite straight, with the whole
inferior part slightly projecting; spines very numerous, thirty or forty
pairs; those close beneath the two upper great unequal spines, form a
tuft and are rather thinner than the others, as are also those near the
inferior angle; sides hirsute.
_Outer Maxillæ_, rather pointed, with the inner edge slightly concave,
continuously and thickly clothed with short spines; spines on the outer
edge long; there are also some minute, short, thinly scattered spines or
points on the sides. Bristles on all the trophi doubly serrated.
_Cirri._--The first pair is placed at a small distance from the second.
The segments in the three posterior pairs, support five pairs of very
long spines, with a row of (I believe) four small intermediate spines;
on the lateral upper edges, there are some short blunt spines; anterior
faces of the segments not protuberant; the dorsal tufts consist of thick
serrated, and of thin spines. The whole integument is hirsute with
minute pectinated scales. Two or three of the basal segments in the
sixth cirrus are confluent. _First cirrus_, anterior ramus rather
shorter and thicker than the posterior ramus; basal segments thickly
paved with serrated spines; in the posterior ramus, the six terminal
segments are not paved with bristles. _Second cirrus_ has the seven
basal segments of the anterior ramus very broad, and paved with
bristles; the eight terminal segments having the usual structure; in the
posterior ramus the three or four basal segments are similarly paved,
but to a very much less degree, and the remaining thirteen have the
usual structure. _Third cirrus_ has the six basal segments of the
anterior ramus very broad and paved, and the fourteen terminal ones of
the usual structure; in the posterior ramus, the three or four basal
segments are similarly paved, but to a very much less degree, and the
seventeen terminal ones have the usual structure. The pedicel of the
first cirrus has very few spines; those of the second and third cirrus
are thickly and irregularly clothed with spines; and those of the three
posterior pair have a double row with intermediate small spines. On the
antero-lateral faces of the pedicels of the second, third, and fourth
pairs of cirri, there is an elongated white swelling or shield.
Moreover, on the posterior thoracic segments, there are similar
white-coloured swellings, with the membrane more plainly marked with
scales than in other parts. The spines on the first three pairs of
cirri are coarsely serrated.
_Caudal Appendages_ (Pl. X, fig. 23), with numerous tapering segments,
almost equalling one and a half times the length of the pedicel of the
sixth cirrus. Each segment is elongated and somewhat constricted in the
middle, with its upper edge (fig. 24) crowned with short spines; in a
full-sized specimen there were seventeen segments.
2. LITHOTRYA CAUTA. Pl. VIII, fig. 3.
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