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tendency to produce cuticle, both have a simple, straight alimentary 

 canal devoid of appendages, and both possess a single layer of 

 longitudinal muscles and no circular muscles. The excretory organ 

 of Chaetognatha must be regarded as the coeloinic cavity. This is 

 suppressed in Nematoda, but a similar phenomenon is seen in 

 Arthropoda, which are undoubtedly derived from the coeloniate 

 Annelida, and the suppression of the coelomic cavity may be con- 

 nected with the excessive production of cuticle. The excretory cells 

 of Nematoda have no known homologues in Chaetognatha and the 

 early development is very dissimilar. That of Chaetognatha is of a 

 very primitive type, whilst that of Nematoda is excessively specialized. 

 In one feature alone do they resemble one another, i.e. in the early 

 differentiation of the genital cells. 



Perhaps a more thorough knowledge of the normal development 

 of Nematoda would enable us to regard it as a modification of that 

 of Chaetognatha, but for the present the question must be left in 

 abeyance. 



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