A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2): The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc.Darwin, Charles
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A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2): The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc.
Darwin, Charles
Balanidae; Cirripedia
Transcriber's Note
Obvious misprints have been fixed. Archaic and unusual words, spellings
and styling have been maintained. Details of the changes are in the
Detailed Transcriber's Notes at the end of the book.
This book was published in two volumes, of which this is the second.
The first volume was released as Project Gutenberg ebook #31558,
available at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31558.
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Table of Contents.
Page
Dedication v
Preface vii
_Monograph on the Cirripedia_ 1
Introduction 1
On the Names given to the different parts of Cirripedes 3
Class Crustacea, Sub-Class Cirripedia 9
On the Sexual Relation of Cirripedes 23
Order I.--Thoracica 30
Family Balanidæ 33
Table of Contents 33
Structure of Shell 34
Structure of the Individual Compartments 43
Structure of the Radii 45
Structure of the Alæ 47
Structure of the Sheath 48
Structure of the Basis 49
Structure of the Opercular Valves (Scuta and Terga) 51
Growth of the Whole Shell, and Its Microscopical Structure
54
Muscles of Sack 61
Branchiæ 63
Thorax and Body 65
Muscular System 68
Movements and Muscles of the Cirri 71
Mouth 74
Cirri 81
Caudal Appendages 85
Alimentary Canal 85
Circulatory System 87
Nervous System 88
Eyes and Vision 93
Acoustic Organs 95
Olfactory Sacks 97
Male Organs of Generation 97
Female Organs of Generation 100
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