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
_Ophthalmic Ganglia and Eyes._--Owing to Professor Leidy’s[16] discovery
of eyes in a Balanus, I was led to look for them in the Lepadidæ.
Extending from the front of the two supra-oesophageal ganglia, two
chords may be seen in _Lepas fascicularis_ (of which a rude diagram is
here given), to run into two small, perfectly distinct oval ganglia
(E), which are not united by any transverse commissure. From the
opposite ends of these two ganglia smaller nerves run, and, bending
inwards at right angles, enter, beyond the middle, an elongated (F),
almost black, eye, composed of two eyes united together. Although in
outline the eye appears single, two lenses can be distinctly seen at the
end, directed upwards and towards the ganglia; two pigment-capsules can
also be distinguished; these are deep and cup-formed, and of a dark
reddish-purple. The following measurements will show the proportions of
the parts in a specimen of the _Lepas fascicularis_ having a capitulum
4/10ths of an inch in length.
Double eye { length 26/6000
{ width 13/6000
Diameter of single lens 6/6000
Ophthalmic ganglion { length 16/6000
{ breadth 11/6000
Supra-oesophageal ganglion, }
transverse or longest axis } 126/6000
of both together }
Supra-oesophageal ganglion, }
longitudinal axis of } 45/6000
Infra-oesophageal ganglion, }
transverse axis of } 120/6000
Infra-oesophageal ganglion, }
longitudinal axis of } 114/6000
[16] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia. No. i, vol. iv, Jan. 1848.
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