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(se Tab. XVI, Fig. 3) Formen af iiedadrettede atlange, 

 noget buede og uregelinæssigt Higede Plader, livis 

 convexe Side vender fertil, den concave bagtil, og 

 som i Kanterne er rigeligt borstebesatte. Man kan 

 paa dem adskille de samme 3 Hoveddele som hos 

 andre Brancliiopoder, nemlig Endopodit, Exopodit og 

 Epipodit. Endopoditen, eller den egentlige Stamme, 

 har ved Basis indad en meget tydeligt sondret 

 Coxallap (mx) af temmelig compliceret Bygning (se 

 Fig. 4). Den er noget skraat indadrettet, af stumpt 

 konisk Form og meget rigeligt for.synet med Bør- 

 ster. Ved Spidsen har den 2 korte Pigge, og en lig- 

 nende Pig findes ogsaa paa den indre Side. Fra 

 denne sidste Pig strækker sig en noget skraat 

 lobende Kad af lange, leforniigt indad krummede 

 Børster, der alle er tydeligt 2-leddede og tint cili- 

 erede. En anden Rad af cilierede Borster strækker 

 sig langs den ydre Kant af Coxallappen, men disse 

 Borster er ikke leformigt krummede og aftager hur- 

 tigt i Længde mod Spidsen. Umiddelbart ovenfor 

 dem udgaar fra Yderkanten en noget stærkere, 

 skraat indadrettet Bor.ste. Den indre Kant af En- 

 dopoditen er ved smaa Indsnit delt i 4 korte og 

 brede Lappe (Enditer), der bærer en dobbelt Rad af 

 tint cilierede Borster, hvoraf de i den ene er sær- 

 deles lange, tydeligt 2-leddede og bagudboiede. Den 

 jalerste af disse Lappe er noget mere fremspringende 

 end de ovrige, og til dens ydre Side er articuleret 

 en smal tungeformig Lamelle, raindt om besat med 

 cilierede Børster. Denne Lamelle forestiller den 

 yderste (5te) Endit, eller Endopoditens Endeled, det 

 eneste tydeligt begrændsede Led paa Foden. Epi- 

 poditen (ep) har Formen af et aflangt ovalt, noget 

 sækformigt Appendix, uden ethvert Spor af Borster. 

 Den er fæstet til Ydersiden af Endopoditen i en 

 kort Afstand fra dennes Basis og rettet lige opad 

 over Siderne af Kroppen (se Tab. XV, Fig. 1). 

 Exopoditen (ex), der udspringer med en bred Basis 

 ligeledes fra Ydersiden af Endopoditen og umiddel- 

 bart nedenfor Epi])oditen, er af betydelig Størrelse 

 og delt i 2 smale i forskjellig Retning udgaaende 

 Lappe, en ventral og en dorsal Den ventrale Lap 

 rækker omtrent til Spidsen af Endo]ioditens Ende- 

 lamelle, og er ligesom denne rundtom kantet med 

 cilierede Borster. Den dorsale Lap (ex') er Ijetyde- 

 lig mindre end den ventrale, neppe overragende 

 Epipoditen, og er borstebesat alene i den ydre Kant. 

 Paa 9de til Ilte Fodpar er imidlei-tid hos fuldt ud- 

 viklede Individer (se Tab. XV, Fig. 1) denne Lap 

 udtrukket til en meget lang traadformig Fortsats, 

 der rager op i Skallens dorsale Cavitet, hvor den 

 tjener til Fæste for den her sig ansamlende Æg- 

 masse. 23de eller sid.ste Fodpar (Fig. 5, G) skiller 

 sig i visse Henseender kjendeligt fra de ovrige. Det 

 er særdeles lidet og har Endopoditen ganske kort, 

 med kun 3 Lappe indad, foruden Coxallappen. Bør- 

 sterne paa disse Lajipe, saavelsom ])aa det korte. 



difficult to count. They all (see Pl. XVI, fig. 3) 

 have the shape of down-pointing, oblong, somewhat 

 curved, and irregularly lobed laminæ, whose convex 

 side turns to the front, the concave to the back, 

 and whose edges are thickly clothed with liristles. 

 The same 3 principal parts can be distinguished in 

 them as in other Branchiopods, namely, endopodite, 

 exopodite and epipodite. The endopodite, or stem 

 proper, has on the inner side of the base a very 

 distinctly-defined coxal lobe of rather complicated 

 structure (see fig. 4). It is directed rather obliquely 

 inwards, is of a bluntly conical .shape, and abun- 

 danth' provided with bristles. At tlie point it has 

 two short spines, and a similar spine is also found 

 on the inner side. From this last-mentioned spine, 

 runs a rather oblique row of long, falciformly 

 inciTrved bristles, all distinctly 2-jointed and finely 

 ciliated. Another row of ciliated bristles runs along 

 the outer edge of the coxal lobe, Ijut these are not 

 falciformly curved, and they rapidly decrease in length 

 towards the point. Immediately above them, there 

 issues from the outer edge a somewhat stronger 

 bristle, directed obliquely inwards. The inner edge 

 of the endopodite is divided by small indentations 

 into 4 short, broad lobes (endite.s) carrying a double 

 row of finely ciliated bristles, which in one row are 

 particularly long, distinctly 2-jointed, and bent back- 

 wards The outermost of these lobes is rather more 

 projecting than the others, and to its outer side is 

 articulated a narrow lingular lamella, edged all 

 round -with ciliated bristles. This lamella represents 

 the outermost (5th) endite, or the terminal joint of 

 the endopodite, the only distinctly defined joint in 

 the leg. The epipodite (ep) is in the sha])e of an 

 oblong oval, somewhat sac-like appendage, with no 

 trace of In-istles. It is attached to the outer side 

 of the endopodite at a short distance from its base, 

 and is directed straight ujiwards over the .sides of 

 the body (see PI. XV, fig. 1). The exopodite (ex), 

 which issues with a broad base also from the outer 

 side of the endopodite, and immediately below tlie 

 epi})odite, is of considerable size, and is divided into 

 2 narrow lobes, one ventral and one dorsal, pro- 

 jecting in opposite directions. Tlie ventral lobe 

 reaches almost to the point of the terminal lamella 

 of the endopodite, and is likewise edged all round 

 with ciliated bristles. The dorsal lobe (ex') is con- 

 siderably smaller than the ventral, scarcely reaching 

 beyond the epipodite, and is edged with bristles 

 only on the outer margin. On the 9tli, 10th and 

 11th ])airs of legs in fully-developed specimens, how- 

 ever (see PI. XV, fig. 1), this lol)e is drawn out to 

 a very long filiform projection, which extends up 

 into the dorsal cavity of the shell, where it serves 

 as an attachment for the accumulated egg-mass 

 there. The 23rd or last pair of legs (figs. 5 and G) 

 is conspicuously distinguished in certain respects 



