THE ISOPODA 



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operculum to cover the lateral parts of the other oral appendages. 

 The basipodite is produced distally into a large endite (/-) which is 

 sometimes movably articulated {Baihjnomxi^, Cirolana, Chiridotca), 

 and which bears one or more coupling-hooks (c) interlocking with 

 those of the opposite side. The endopodite or })alp consists, in 

 the typical case, of five more or less lamellar segments, but the 

 niuiiber is often reduced. In the ovigerous females of A.^elhis and 

 of certain genera of Valvifera the coxopodite bears a small lappet, 

 fringed with setae, projecting backwards into the marsupium and 



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Fig. 1:20. 



Mouth-parts of various Isopoda. A, mandible ofCirolava borecli.-t. B, maxillula of Chiridotea 

 entmnon. C, maxilla of same. D, maxilliped of same. E, maxilliped of adult female of iJowie/a 

 diinmoniciisis. F, maxilliped of adult male of same, c, couplins-si)ine ; ep, epipodite ; i, incisor 

 process ; ?i, /'-', 1'-^ /■*, endites of successive .segments of tlie appendages (according to Hansen's 

 later interpretation the endites /•', /■• of the maxillula result from tlie division of a single endite) ; 

 ?a7»i-2, laminar outgrowths of first and second segments of maxilliped ; 7/1, molar proce.ss ; p, 

 palp ; s, lacinia mobilis ami spine-row of mandible, which in this case are closely associated 

 together ; 1,2, 3, successive segnuuits of the appendages. (After Hansen.) 



resembling the coxal appendage of the second thoracic limb in the 

 females of Cumacea. A similar plate, more largely developed, is 

 found in the females of Cymothoidae (Fig. 120, E) and Epicaridea 

 and of some genera of Sphaeromidae, where it is associated with 

 an expansion of the basipodite and with the epipodite, giving a 

 lamellar character to the whole appendage. In all these cases the 

 vibratory motions of the maxilliped cause a current of water to 

 pass through the marsupium for the aeration of the developing 

 embryos. A similar expansion of the basipodite united with the 

 epipodite occurs also in Seroli.% where, however, the coxal lobe is 

 not developed. The position of this coxal lobe and its occurrence 



