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THE ACEPHALA. 



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With the Salpinae, the central nervous mass is upon the dorsal surface 

 in front of the middle of the body. It consists of many closely-aggre- 

 gated, yellowish ganglia, from which nerves pass off in all directions/" 



With the Aseidiae, it consists of a single large ganglion, which is easily 

 found within the muscular envelope, in an angle formed by the oral and anal 

 tubes. The nerves which pass off in different directions from this gan- 

 glion, belong chiefly to the nmscular envelope. Some of them, however, 

 I)ass to the organs of sense situated near the two respiratory tubes, and form 

 around the oritice of that one of them which is buccal also, a complete cir- 

 cle which corresponds perhaps to an oesophageal ring.'-* 



2. The nervous system of the Brachiopoda is as yet little known. 

 However, from the presence, in some species, of two or three ganglia about 

 the oesophagus, it may be concluded that it is analogous to that of the 

 Lamellibranchia. ® 



3. With the Lamellibranchia, the nervous system is tlie most distinct.*'*' 

 Its very symmetrical arrangement is prominent, except in the unequivalved 

 species. 



1 Meyen was the first to describe with care this 

 ji'Tvous mass with Salpa; foi-, before him, mauy 

 oiher parts of the animal had been erroneously 

 taken by Savigny (Mem. &c. II. p. 127), and 

 Chamisso (De Salpa, &c., p. 5), for the nerves and 

 ^'anglia ; see Meyen, Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. loc. 

 cit. p. 394, Tab. XXVII. fig. 5, d. 18 (Salpa pin- 

 »ata). Tab. XXVIII. fig. 5, h k. 12 (Salpa mucro- 

 nata). Quoy and Gaimard have also observed a 

 central nervous system in the dorsal region of sev- 

 eral Salpa ; see Voyage de 1' Astrolabe, Zool. III. 

 1>. 559, and the Atlas zoologique of the same, Mol- 

 lusques, PI. LXXXVI.; or Isis, 1836, p. 11.3, Tab. 

 VI. 



EsciiriclWx description is still more minute ; but 

 he has taken for the ventral surface that portion of 

 the body in which this lobulated ganglionic mass is 

 situated ; sec his Memoir, Over Salperne, &c., p. 

 12, Tab. II. fig. 8, 10, u, v. (Salpa cordiformis), 

 and Tab. III. li^. 22 (Salpa zonaria). See, also, 

 Delle Chiaje, Descriz. &c. III. p. 45, Tav. 

 Ij.Y.XVIII. fig. 3, n. 12 (Salpa maxima). I am 

 yet undecided whether the nervous ring, which, 

 according to Esckricht, is formed by the junction of 

 the two nerves surrounding the anterior respu-atory 

 orifice, really corresponds to the oesophageal ring. 



" A very detailed description accompanied with 

 figures of the nervous system of the simple Asei- 

 diae, may be found in the works of Cuvicr (Sur 

 les Ascidii'S, &c., loc. cit. p. 24, PI. II. fig. 2 c. 5, 

 g. III. fig. 2, 3 c. (Cynthia and Phalloitia)) ; 

 Esckricht (Besla-ivelse af Chelyosoraa, loc. cit. i>. 

 8, tig. 4, c.) ; Delle Chiaje (Descriz. &c. III. p. 

 28, Tav. LXXXII. fig. 2, and L.XXXIV. fig. 3, 5, 

 (Phalliisia)) ; and Saviqny, who has included also 

 the compound Aseidiae (Mem. &c. p. 32, PI. I.X. 

 tig. 22. XI. fig. 11. D'. (Phallusia); also PI. 

 XXI. fig. IK XXII. fig. 11 X.YIII. fig. 18. I)-, d-. 

 (ISotryllus and Pyrosoma)). 



The principal ganglionic mass is always nearer 

 the anal than the oral tube, and docs not give off 

 branches except at its extremities. The nervous 

 ring of the Aseidiae, has been observed by both 

 Curier, and Delle Chiaje. 



The last of these authors has also mentioned a 

 particular ganglion which he has observed with 

 Phallusia mamillaris, in this ri.ng, and which he 



regards as the brain ; vvhile he has given the name 

 of Ganglion sympathicum to a principal gangli- 

 onic mass, lying near the anal tube. 



3 Cuvier (Sur la Lingula, loc. cit. p. 8) thinks 

 he has observed two ganglia at the base of the 

 arms, but which give olf no nerves. Owen (loc. 

 cit.) has found two ganglia in front of the cesopthi- 

 gus of Orbicula, and one l)ehind it ; and also two 

 nerves arising from the two anterior ganglia at- 

 tended with two arteries which go to the two hearts. 



4 The nervous system of the Lamellibrancliia 

 was discovered by J. Rathki. In 1797, he had 

 well represented the anterior pair of ganglia of An- 

 odonta (loc. cit. p. 162, Tab. IX. fig. 10, 11). Poll, 

 it is true, had already hgured the nervous system 

 of several species of this order (loc. cit. Tab. 

 XXXVI. fig. 1, n. (Pinna); Tab. VIII. fig. 1, i. 

 (Pholas) ; Tab. IX. fig. 10, a. (Unio) ; Tab. X. fig. 

 15, Tab. XI. fig. 1, Tab. XIII. fig. G, (Solen) ; Tab. 

 XXV. fig. 1, (Area) ; Tab. XXXII. fig. 18, r. (My- 

 tiliis)). But he erroneously took it for a lymphatic 

 system. 



The following works may be consulted upon this 

 system : Mangili, Nuove ricerche zoot. sopra 

 alcune specie di conchiglie bivalvi. Jlilano, 1804 

 (translated in ReiVn Arch. IX. 1809, p. 213, Taf. 

 xb. (Anodonta)); Brandt, Medizin.Zool. II. p. 310, 

 Taf. XXXVI. fig. 10,-12 (of the Oyster) ; Garner. 

 On the Nervous System of Molluscous Animals, in 

 the Trans, of the i,inn. Soc. XVII. 1837, p. 485, 

 PI. X.XIV. (Ostrea, Pecten, Mndiola, Mactra, 

 Mya, and Pholas) ; and. On the Anatomy of the 

 LameUibranch. loc. cit. p. 89, PI. XIX. fig. 5 (Ve- 

 nerupis); Kebcr, De Nervis Concharum, Diss. 

 Berolini, 1837 ; Duvernoy, Sur I'animal de I'On- 

 guline, in the Ann. des. Sc. Nat. XVIII. 1842, p. 

 118, PI. V. B. fig. 8 ; and, Sur le Syst<;me nerveux 

 des Mollusques Ace])hales bivalves, in the Comp. 

 rend. 1844, Nos. 22, 25, 1845, No. 8 ; or in Froriep's 

 neue Not. 1845, No. 731 ; Rlanchard, Observ. sur 

 le Systenie nerveux des Mollusiiues Ac^phales testa- 

 ces ou Lamellibranches, in the Ann. des Sc. Nat. 

 III. 1844, p. 321, PI. XII. and in Froriep's neue 

 Not. No. 741 (Solen, Mactra, and Pecten); and 

 John Anderso7iy Art. Plervous System, in the Cy- 

 clop, of Anat. III. p. 604.* 



* [§183, note 4.] See, aXso, Duvernoy (suite) 

 Compt. Kend. XXXIV. 1852, p. 665, and .X.XXV. 

 1852, p. 119 ; also, h'rry and Leuclcart, loc. cit. 



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p. 46; Deshayes, loc. cit. p. 69, PI. VIII. IX. ; 

 and Quatre/ages, loc. cit. p. 63, PI. I. fig. 3, 6 

 (Teredo). — Kd. 



