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og skraat bagudrettede. Nerverne for Aarerne (&^) 

 udspringer ogsaa lier fra de fra Hjernegangliet l:>agud 

 gaaende Commissurer. Buggangliekjæden (Tab. XX, 

 Pier. l'j) ligner samme hos Limnadia, dog med den 

 Forskjel, at Nerve-stammerne er forholdsvis stærkere 

 oe ligger noget nærmere sammen. Antallet af 

 gangliose Opsvulmninger er selvfolgelig, i Overens- 

 stemmelse med det langt ringere Antal Fodpar, 

 mindre end hos Limnadia. 



Ovarierne (se Tab. XIX, Fig. 1) er af betydelig 

 Ston'else, strækkende sig til hver Side af Tarmen 

 gjennem hele Truncus. De viser et stærkt lappet 

 ijdseende, idet ÆgfoUiklerne grup])erer sig drneklase- 

 formigt omkring Ovarialrorene (se Tal)- XX, Fig. 13). 

 Æglederen ndgaar fra den bagerste Del af hvert 

 Ovarium og svnes at ndmunde umiddelbart under 

 de ovenomtalte tretligede dorsale Blade. Paa dette 

 Sted !?er man nemlig ofte storre Masser af nindne 

 Æg samlede. Som hos Limnadia. indeholder hver 

 ÆgfoUikel 4 Celler, hvoraf alene den terminale bli- 

 ver til det egentlige Æg, medens de o ovrige fore- 

 stiller Xæringsceller og derfor tilsidst ganske absor- 

 beres (se Fig. 14 — 17). De af Ovarierne udkomne 

 Æg grupperer sig sammen til 2 rundagtige kage- 

 formige Masser, der bæres under Skallen helt bagtil 

 (se Tab. XVIII, Fig. 1 og 2). HverÆgmasse inde- 

 holder et stort Antal af Æg, der ved et klæbrigt 

 Stof er heftede sammen. Æggene er omgivne af en 

 simpel, ikke meget fast Kapsel, uden nogen ioine- 

 faldende Skulptur. 



Testes (se Tab. XX, Fig. 6) har samme Belig- 

 genhed som Ovarierne og ligner disse ganske hvad 

 Anordningen af Folliklerne angaar (se Fig. 12). 

 Disse sidste er imidlertid her alle af nogenlunde 

 ens Størrelse og af noget uregelmæssig Form, samt 

 indeholder hver en med den centrale Kanal i For- 

 bindelse staaende Hule, i hvis Vægge de meget smaa 

 celleagtige Sædelementer udvikle sig. Mundingen 

 for vasa deferentia synes at ligge omtrent paa 

 samme Sted som Mundingen for Æglederne hos 

 Hunnen. 



Udvikling. — .Jeg har desværre ikke selv havt 

 Anledning til at studere denne Phyllopodes Udvik- 

 ling. Men ifølge G-rubes Undersøgelser synes den i 

 flere væsentlige Punkter at skille sig fra den hos 

 andre Phyllopoder. Larven har et meget eiendom- 

 meligt Udseende, som noget minder om samme hos 

 Cirripedierne. Selv i det tidligste af Grube obser- 

 verede Stadium, som ifolge Ijemmernes BeskafFenhed 

 ubetinget er et Nauplius-Stadium, er nemlig Lege- 

 met dækket oventil af et meget stort fladt Ryg- 

 .skjold, og har nedentil et lignende men mindre Skjold, 

 der forestiller Overlæben. Hovedet har en meget 

 eiendommelig Form, idet det gaar ud i ;-3 korsformigt 



1st pair of antennæ (a '), are very much elongated, 

 and directed obliquely backwards. The nerves for 

 the oars (a -) also originate here, starting from the 

 commissures which run backwards from the cerebral 

 ganglion. The ventral ganglion chain (PI. XX. fig. 

 Ill) resembles that in Limnadia. though with the 

 difterence that the nerve stems are comparativelv 

 stronger, and lie rather nearer together. The num- 

 ber of ganglionic dilatations is, of course, in accor- 

 dance with the far smaller number of legs, less than 

 in Limnadia. 



The ovaries (see PI. XIX, tig. 1) are of consi- 

 derable size, extending through the whole trunk on 

 each side of the inte.stine. The}' present a verv 

 mucli lobed appearance, from the fact that the egs- 

 foUicles are grouped botryoidalh- about the ovarial 

 tubes (se PI. XX, fig 13). The oviduct issues from 

 the hind part of each ovary, and seems to open 

 immediately below the before-mentioned tri-lobed 

 dorsal lamella; for at that place large masses of 

 mature eggs are often seen accumulated. As in Lim- 

 nadia. each egg'-follicle contains 4 cells, of which 

 the terminal one onlv becomes the true eg<r, the 

 other 3 representing alimentary cells, and being 

 therefore at last quite absorbed (see figs. 14 — 17). 

 The eggs that have issited from the ovaries congre- 

 gate into 2 roitnd, cakelike masses, which are borne 

 beneath the shell at the very back (see PI. XVIII, 

 figs. 1 and 2). Each eggmass contains a large 

 numbei' of eggs, which are fastened together bj- a 

 glutinous substance. The eggs are surrounded by a 

 simple, not very firm capsule, without any conspi- 

 cuous sculpturing. 



The testes (see PI. XX, tig. 6) have the same 

 position as the ovaries, and resemble them exactly 

 as regards the arrangement of the follicles (see fig. 

 12). Here, however, the latter are all of about the 

 same size, and of a somewhat irregular shape; each 

 contains a cavity commitnicating with the central 

 channel, and in whose walls the very small, cellular 

 seminal elements are developed. The opening of 

 the vasa deferentia appears to lie at about the 

 same i)lace as the mottth of the oviducts in the 

 female. 



Development. — 1 have unfortunately not had 

 an opjxirtunity, personally, of studying the develop- 

 ment of this Phjllopod; but, according to Grube's 

 investigations, it seems, in several essential points, 

 to ditier from that of other Phyllopoda. The larva 

 has a very peculiar appearance, somewhat resem- 

 bling that of Cirripedia. Even in the earliest stage 

 observed by Grube, which, from the condition of 

 the limbs, is unquestionably a nauplius stage, the 

 body is covered above by a very large flat cara- 

 pace, and has a similar, but smaller shield below, 

 which represents the labrum. The head has a very 

 peculiar shape, for it projects in 3 cruciforml3--placed 



