<5> 242. THE CEPHALOPODA. 279 



dian line of the body until it reaches the base of the large fin-nauscles, situ- 

 ated at the extremity of the body.*^' 



With Nautilus, numerous fihxments arise from the posterior ganglionic 

 band, and, without forming a ganglion, are distributed to the two muscles 

 of the shell. From their origin, they may be regarded as the representatives 

 of the pallial nerves of the other Cephalopoda.^"' 



Another pair of nerves corresponding to the Pneumogastric nerves of the 

 Vertebrata, arises from the middle of the inferior cerebral mass, between 

 the two pallial nerves, descends along the neck behind the funnel, the pos- 

 terior wall of which it pierces, and thence passes under the peritoneum ; 

 here it sends several nerves to the ink-sac, and then ramifies upon the heart, 

 the large vascular trunks, the branchial hearts, and the branchiae. Both 

 of these nerves have ganglia, here and there, in their net-works,*'^' and these 

 uet-works communicate probably with the Plexus splanc/uiicus posterior. 



§ 242. 



The Splanchnic nervous system is particularly developed with the Ce- 

 phalopoda. It may be divided into an anterior and a posterior plexus.'^' 



The Plexus splanchnicus anterior consists of a Ganglion pharyngeum 

 inferius, situated under the oesophagus sending filaments forwards to the 

 parts of the mouth, and backwards to the oesophagus, and connecting 

 at the same time with the inferior cerebral mass by two commissures.® 



With the Loligina, there is, beside, opposite this ganglion, a Ganglion 

 pharyngeum super i?is, which, also, sends several filaments to the parts of the 

 mouth, gives off two filaments to the inferior oesophageal ganglion, and 

 appears to connect, likewise, with the superior cerebral mass.*'"' 



The Plexus splanchnicus posterior is characterized by a large Ganglion 

 gastricum lying upon the stomach. From this, filaments pass off in differ- 

 ent directions to the other viscera, and it receives two filaments of commu- 

 nication, which, after having arisen from the inferior pharyngeal ganglion, 

 accompany the oesophagus through the oesophageal ring.**' 



5 Delle Chiaje, loc. cit. Tav. XCV. (25) and CI. 232, c. {Sepia) ; ran Beneden, loc. cit. p. 18, PI. 



(30),{Lol.i^o). The two parallel nerves which, with I. fig. 7, h. PI. III. fig. 5, k. and PI. IV. i: (Argo- 



Loligopsis., extend bacliwarda along the inferior nauta) ; Owen, On the Nautilus, PI. YII. fig. 1, 



dorsal surface of the mantle belong also to this class No. 15, or, Isis, Taf. IV. 7, fiu:- 1, or Ann. d. Sc. 



of nerves. Grant (loc. cit. p. 21, PI. II. fig. 5, 6), Nat. PI. III. fig. 4, No. 16 (Nautilus) ; aud DeUe, 



has compared them to the spinal marrow of Verte- Chiaje, loc. cit. Tav. XCV. (25), C. (31), aud CII. 



brata. With Onychoteutkis,! have also seen the (29), (Lo/isro, Sepia, and Octopus). 



two nerves of the fins running along the internal 1 For the sympathetic nervous system see Brands, 



surface of the mantle, while with LoUso, as Delle Ueber die JIuudmagennerven der Evertebraten, 



Chiaje has indicated in his Tav. CI. (30), they af- loc. cit. p. 40. 



tcrwards pass into the muscular layer of the man- 'i Brandt, Mediz. Zool. II. p. 309, Taf. XXXII. 



tie aud continue their course between it and the fig. 23, 3 ; Owen, Cyclop, loc. cit. fig. 232 (Sepia); 



skin, sending oflf filaments to the two muscles of the yan Beneden, loc. cit. p. 16, PI. II. fig. 6 {Argo- 



lins. nauta); Delle Chiaje, loc. cit. Tav. XCV. C.-CII. 



fi Owen, On the Nautilus, p. 38, PI. Vn. fig. 1, (25, •2\)~A), {Loligo, Sepia, and Octopus). 



No. 13, or, Isis, p. 32, Taf. IV. 7, fig. 1, or, Ann. d. :i Brandt. Owen, and Delle Chiaje, loc. cit. 



Sc. Nat. p. 137, PI. III. fig. 4, No. 13. (Sepia and Lolign). 



<■ These two nerves, analogous to the Par tiag-um, * Van Beneden, loc. cit. PI. III. fig. 1-3, and 



have been observed by all the Anatomists of these PI. IV. (Argonauta) ; Brandt, loc. cit. Taf. 



animals; see Cuvier Mem. p. 36, PI. I. fig. 4, .«. XXXII. fig. 3, 20 ; and Delle Chiaje, loc. cit. 



(Octopus); Brandt, loc. cit. Tab. XXXII. fig. 3, Tav. C. (31), aud CII. (29), (Sepia and Loligo). 

 g. and fig. 23, k. ; Owen, Cyclop, loc. cit. I. fig. 



