The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)Warburton, Cecil
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)
Warburton, Cecil
Animals
Fresh-water genera.—_Polyphemus_, Müller, with no rudimentary exites
on first three thoracic limbs. _Bythotrephes_, Leydig (Fig. 13),
with no trace of processes on the outer sides of the limbs.
Marine genera.—_Evadne_, Lovén, the head not separated by a
constriction from the thorax. _Podon_, Lovén, with deep cervical
constriction.
[Illustration:
FIG. 24.—_Leptodora hyalina_, × 6. Lake Bassenthwaite. _A._1, First
antenna; _Car_, carapace; I, VI, first and sixth thoracic
appendages.
]
=Fam. 8. Leptodoridae=: six pairs of thoracic limbs, with no
gnathobase. Only genus, _Leptodora_, Lilljeborg (Fig. 24), from
fresh water.
_Note._—For extra-European Cladocera consult Daday, “Microskopische
Süsswassertiere aus Patagonien und Chili,” _Termés Füzetek_, xxv.,
1902, p. 201; for Paraguay, _Bibliotheca Zoologica_, Heft 44; for
Ceylon, _Termés Füzetek_, xxi., 1898; and for Australia, Sars,
_Christiania Vidensk. Forhand._ 1885, No. 8, and 1888, No. 7; and
_Arch. f. Math. og Naturvid._ xviii., 1896, No. 3, and xix., 1897, No.
1.—G. W. S.
CHAPTER III
CRUSTACEA (_CONTINUED_): COPEPODA
=Order II. Copepoda.=
The Copepods are small Crustacea, composed typically of about sixteen
segments, in which the biramous type of limb predominates. They are
devoid of a carapace. Development proceeds gradually by the addition
posteriorly of segments to a Nauplius larval form. Paired compound eyes
are absent, except in Branchiura, the adult retaining the simple eye of
the Nauplius.
In a typical Copepod, such as _Calanus hyperboreus_ (Fig. 25), we can
distinguish the following segments with their appendages: a
cephalothorax, carrying a pair of uniramous first antennae (_1^{st}
Ant._); a pair of biramous second antennae (_2^{nd} Ant._); mandibles
(_Md._) with biting gnathobases and a palp, and a pair of foliaceous
first maxillae (_Mx.^1_). Two pairs of appendages follow, which were
looked upon as the two branches of the second maxillae, but it is now
certain that they represent two pairs of appendages, which may be called
second maxillae (_Mx.^2_) and maxillipedes (_Mxp._) respectively. Behind
these are five pairs of biramous swimming feet, the first pair (_Th.^1_)
attached to the cephalothorax, the succeeding four pairs to four
distinct thoracic somites. Behind the thorax is a clearly delimited
abdomen composed of five segments, the first of which (_Abd.^1_) carries
the genital opening, and the last a caudal furca.
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