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Par Branchialfødder. Dens Størrelse tiltagei' noget 

 indtil 4de Par, hvor den er størst, og aftager saa 

 igjen successivt paa de bagenfor liggende Par (se 

 Tab. II, Fig. 1). Paa Iste Par (Tab. III, Fig. 3) 

 er dens ventrale Lap betydelig større end den dor- 

 sale og smalt tilløbende i Enden, medens hin er 

 jevnt afrundet. Paa de følgende Par (Fig. 4, 5) 

 bliver Forskjellen melleni de 2 Lappe efterhvert 

 mindre, og paa sidste Par (Fig. fi) er Forholdet det 

 omvendte af hvad det er paa Iste Par, idet den dor- 

 sale Lap her er den største og mere smalt iidløbende 

 end den ventrale. Saavel Exopoditen som Epipoditen, 

 men især denne sidste, viser den for Cxjelleelemen- 

 terne hos andre Krebsdyr charaeteristiske spongiøse 

 Structnr, idet der mellem de 2 Lameller, hvoraf 

 begge disse Vedhæng begrændses, findes et compli- 

 ceret System af med hinanden anastomoserende Hul- 

 rum, hvori der hos det levende Dyr foregaar en 

 livlig Blodcirculation. At begge disse Vedhæng der^ 

 for er af respiratorisk Betydning, er ganske ntvivl- 

 somt, skjondt, som senere skal vises, ogsaa selve 

 Rygskj eldet spiller i denne Henseende en vigtig 

 Rolle. 



De 4 forreste Par Bagkropslemmer (seTab. II, Fig. 

 1) er overordentlig kraftigt udviklede Svømmeappa- 

 rater, der i flere Henseender, og ogsaa i den Maade, 

 hvorpaa de bevæges, minder om Copepodernes Svom- 

 raefødder. De er alle hyggede efter samme Type 

 og bestaar hvert (se Tab. III, Fig. 7 og it) af en med 

 talrige sfærke Muskelbundter fyldt, noget affladet 

 Basaldel, og to fra dennes Ende udgaaende, med 

 filierede Svommeborster forsynede, enleddede Grene 

 eller Aarer, hvoraf den ydre ialmindelighed er ret- 

 tet stærkt udåd og i Yderkanten bevæbnet med 

 kraftige Torner. Paa alle Par findes ved Enden af 

 Basaldelen paa den indre Side en eiendommelig 

 indadrettet Fortsats (Fig. 8), der moder den tilsva- 

 rende paa den anden Side og i Spidsen er bevæbnet 

 med et Antal, sædvanlig 4, krogformige Torner 

 (Fig. 8 a). Ved disse Torner hægtes de 2 til samme 

 Par horende Fødder ligesom sammen, saa at deres 

 Bevægelser kun kan ske samtidigt. 



Iste Par Svommefødder (Fig. 7) skiller sig kjen- 

 deligt fra de øvrige, saavel ved Basaldelens Form 

 og Bevæbning som ved Beskatfenheden af den ydi'e 

 Gren. Basaldelen, der ligesom paa de øvrige Par 

 har et ganske kort Rodled, er her forholdsvis læn- 

 gere og smalere, noget aftagende i Brede mod En- 

 den, og bevæbnet med 4 lange Torner, hvoraf en er 



crosses the epipodite from its ]>oint of attachment. 

 As was the case with the exopodite, there is also 

 some difference in the size and form of the epipo- 

 dite in the varions pairs of branchial feet. The size 

 increases somewhat until the 4th pair, where it is 

 greatest, and it then diminishes again, successively, 

 in the pairs situated beliind (see PI. II, fig. 1). In 

 the 1st pair (PI. Ill, fig. 3) the ventral lobe is con- 

 siderably greater than the dorsal one, and projects 

 in a narrow pointed form at the extremity, while 

 the latter is evenly rounded. In the succeeding 

 pairs (figs. 4, .5) the difference between the two l,obes 

 becomes gradually less, and in the last pair (fig. (i) 

 the relation is the revei'se of what it was in the 

 1st pair; as the dorsal lobe is here the largest one 

 and more narrowly projecting than the ventral one. 

 Both the exopodite and the epipodite, but especially 

 the last-named, exhibit the characteristic spongy 

 structure for the gill-elements in other Crustacea; 

 as between the 2 lamellæ by which the appendages 

 of both are limited, there is found a complicated 

 system of cavities, ana.?tomosing with each other, 

 in which, in the living animal, an active blood cir- 

 culation proceeds. That both these appendages are 

 therefore of resjiiratory importance is perfectly indu- 

 bitable, although, as will be subsequently shown, 

 the carapace itself also plays an impoi'tant part 

 in that respect. 



The 4 foremost pairs of the posterior appen- 

 dages of the body (see PI. II, fig. 1) are extremely 

 powerfully developed swimming legs which, in 

 several respects as well as in the manner in which 

 they are moved, remind us of the swimming feet of 

 the Copepods. They are all constnicted on the same 

 type, and consi.st, each (see PI. Ill, figs. 7 and !'), 

 of. a somewhat flattened basal part filled with nu- 

 merous strong bundles of muscles, and two branches 

 or oars, issuing from its extremity and furnished with 

 ciliated swimming-bristles. Of these branches the 

 outer one is usually directed strongly outwards, and 

 is armed on the outer edge with powerful spines. 

 In all the pairs there is found, at the extremity of 

 the basal ])art on the inner side, a peculiar projec- 

 tion directed inwards (fig. 8), which meets the corre- 

 sponding one of the other side, and is armed at the 

 point with a number — usually 4 — uncinate spines 

 (fig. 8 a). Tiie 2 feet pertaining to the same pair 

 are, as it were, hooked together by these spines, so 

 that their movements can only take place simul- 

 taneously. 



The 1st ]mir of swimming feet (fig. 7) are per- 

 ceptibly distin>;uished from the others, both by the 

 form and armature of the basal part as well as by 

 the nature of the outer branch. The basal part 

 wliich, as upon the other pairs, has a quite short 

 basal joint, is here relatively longer and narrower, 

 somewhat narrowing in breadth towards the extre- 



