PHYLUM ARTHROPODA 



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The eyes («) are large, compound, and raised on movably articu- 

 lated stalk-. Thf antennules («,) and antenna? (« 2 ) are large, the 

 mandibles (md.) have palps 

 (mt), and the exopodite of 

 the second maxilla {mxt) has 

 the form of a slender filament 

 which acts as a "cleaning- 

 foot " to keep the cavity of 

 the carapace free from foreign 

 bodies. There are eight thor- 

 acic appendages {brf), all of 

 them leaf-like, and recalling 

 those of Apus. The first 

 four abdominal appendages 

 (pi — f>£) are large biramous 

 swimming-feet, like those of 

 Gopepods; the fifth and sixth 

 (pS, 2*6) are small and uni- 

 ramous. 



The Syncarida (Anaspid- 

 acea) (Fig. 458) are small, 

 shrimp-like, fresh -water Crus- 

 taceans, which, though re- 

 sembling the rest of the 

 Malacostraca (Eumalacos- 

 traca) in the presence of only 

 six segments in the abdomen 

 ami the absence of caudal 

 styles, differ from them in 

 the possession of a combina- 

 tion of features which con- 

 nect them more closely with 

 certain fossil forms of Car- 

 boniferous age. Thus there 

 is no carapace, the thoracic 

 appendages are provided Avith 

 slender respiratory exopo- 

 dites, and bear a double 

 series of epipodites or bran- 

 chiae ; there are stalked eyes 

 and a fan-like tail-fin formed 

 of the telson and the ex- 

 panded uropods. 



The Mysidacca (Fig. 459) 

 are small, transparent, shrimp-like forms, mostly from 2 — 6 mm. 

 in length. They agree with the Crayfish in the general form 

 of the body, in the union of the head and thorax, in the 



Fio. 457.— lfebalia geoffroyi, male, a. eye ; 

 rtj, antennule ; «._>, antenna ; c, head ; brf. thoracic 

 feet; (/, intestine; h. heart; km, gizzard; md. 

 mandible; mt, mandibular palp; mnt. exo- 

 podite of second maxilla; p\ — p^, pleopods ; 

 r. rostrum ; s, carapace ; nm, adductor muscle ; 

 t. testis ; /— Vlll, thoracic segments. (From 

 Lang's Comparative Anatomy, after Claus.) 



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