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CLASS. I. CRUSTACEA. 



Arthropoda breathing by gills xiluatcd on the legs, or respiring through 

 tJu' body-walls. Body in the higher forms divided into two regions, a 

 cephalo-thorax and abdomen. Two pairs of antennce ; mandibles usu- 

 ally with a palpus. Heart nearly square, or in the lower forms tubular. 

 Often a distinct metamorphosis. Sexes distinct, except in a few cases 

 (certain barnacles, etc.). 



Order 1. Branchiopoda. Thoracic feet leaf-like ; one to three pairs of 

 maxillee ; number of body-segments varying from a few to 

 sixty ; ceplialo-thorax often well developed, and forming a 

 bivalved shell. Young usually a Nauplius. Suborder 1. 

 Ostracoda (Cypris). Suborder 2. Cladocera (Daphnia). Sub- 

 order 3. Phyllopoda (Limnadia, Apus, Branchipus, and Ar- 

 temia.) 



Order 2. Entomostraca. A ceplialo-thorax developed ; mandibles and 

 three pairs of maxillse ; five pairs of thoracic feet, no ab- 

 dominal feet ; without any gills. The parasitic forms more 

 or less modified in shape, with sucking mouth-parts ; all 

 the young of the nauplius form. Suborder 1. Copepoda 

 (Cyclops). Suborder 2. Siphonostoma (Lerntea, Caligus, and 

 Argulus). 



Order 2. Cirripedia. Sessile often retrograded ; antennae not devel- 

 oped, living parasitically, the appendages of the head some- 

 times forming root-like organs. Young hatched in the nau- 

 plius state. Suborder 1. Rhizocephala (Sacculina, Pelto- 

 gaster). Suborder 2. Genuine Cirripedia (Balanus, Lepas.) 



Order 4. Edriopthalma. No cephalolhorax, thoracic segments dis- 

 tin t ; respiration often carried on by the abdominal feet. 

 Suborder 1. Isopoda (Idotsea, Asellus). Suborder 2. Am*. 

 phipoda, (Qammarus). 



Order 5. Phyllocarida. Body compressed; rostrum distinct from the 

 carapace ; thoracic feet leaf-like ; no metamorphosis. (Ne- 

 balia.) 



Order 6. Thoracostraca. Cephalothorax well marked, abdomen often 

 bent beneath the cephalothorax; breathing by gills attached! 

 to the maxillipedes and legs. Heart often nearly pentagonal. 

 Usually a well marked metamorphosis ; young called a 

 Zoea. Suborder 1. Cumacea (Cuma). Suborder 2. Syncarida 

 (Acanthotelson). Suborder 3. Stomapoda (Squilla). Sub- 

 order 4. Schizopoda (Mysis). Suborder 5. Decapoda (Cran- 

 gon, Astacus, Homarus, Cancer). 



