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RHIZOCEPHALA LIFE-HISTORY 



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Eoscoff, and A', neglecta on Inach'its mauritanicus at Naples. The 

 antenna, by which the Cypris is fixed, penetrates the base of the 

 hair ; the appendages are thrown away, and a small mass of 

 undifferentiated cells is passed down the antenna into the body- 

 cavity of the crab. Arrived in the body-cavity it appears that 

 this small mass of cells is carried about in the blood-stream 

 until it reaches the spaces round the intestine in the thorax. 

 Here it becomes applied to the intestine, usually at its upper 



Ab 



A B 



Fi<;. 68. Development of Sn<-r,ijiini nf'<//i'<-/ti. A, Nauplius stage, x about 70 ; B, Cypris 



stage, x about 70. A\, J. 2 , 1st and 2nd antennae of Nauplius ; A/I, ubd en ; .(,//, 



antenna of Cypris ; A', undifferentiated cells ; F, frontal horu ; (.', glands of Cypris ; 

 Jf, tendon of Oypris ; M, inaudible ; T, tentacles. 



part, immediately beneath the stomach of the oral) (Fig. 09), 

 and from this point it proceeds to throw out roots in all 

 directions, and as. it grows to extend its main bulk, called tin- 

 central tumour (c.f), towards the lower part of the intestine. 

 As the posterior border of the central tumoitr grows do\\n 

 towards the hind gut, the future organs of the adult Sacculina 

 become differentiated in its substance.: the mantle-cavity being 

 excavated and surrounding the rudiment; of the visceral mass, 

 while as the central tumour grows downwards it leaves behind 

 it an ever extending system of roots. When the central tumour 

 in process of differentiation has reached the unpaired divert iculum 



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