ZOOLOGY 



SECT. 



archenteron, a complete enteric canal being thus constituted. In 

 the meantime the endoderm cells lining the archenteron grow 

 outwards in a radial direction, ingesting the yolk as they do so, 

 until they take the form of long columns, in contact by their outer 

 ends with the ectoderm (Fig. 453, B). 



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Fro. 453. Sections of embryos of Astacus. A, Nauplius-stage (compare Fig. 452) ; S, after 

 development of thoracic appendages (c/. Fig. 454). abd. abdomen ; an. anus ; br. brain ; 

 ect. ectoderm ; end. endoderm ; ent. enteron ; ht. heart ; mes. mesoderm ; we* 1 , splanchnic 

 layer of mesoderm ; mth. mouth ; pcdm. proctodaeum ; stdm. stornodaeum ; th. abd. 

 thoracico-abdominal rudiment ; v. nv. cd. ventral nerve-cord. (From Korschelt and 

 Heider, after Reichenbach.) 



The thoracico-abdominal rudiment soon begins to increase 

 rapidly in length, but, being enclosed in the egg-membranes, it 

 grows not backwards but forwards, being in fact folded upon the 

 anterior part of the body in much the same way as the abdomen 

 of the adult during extreme flexion. 



