PHYLUM MOLLUSCA 



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axial canal being left through which the water penetrates freely to 

 all parts of the gill. The blood carried to the gill by the afferent 

 branchial vessel passes in a system of minute branches through 

 the lamellae, and is gathered up again into vessels which open into 

 the main efferent vessel leading to the auricle. 



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K.. <5u2. Sepia cultrata, male specimen seen from the postero-ventral aspect, the mantle- 

 cavity opened as in Fig. 558, the posterior body -wall partly dissected off, so as to expose the 

 organs in the visceral sac, the ink-sac and duct removed, aort. main aorta ; aort.' aboral 

 aorta ; app. appendage of left branchial heart ; nee. cajcum ; inf. cart, funnel cartilages ; lir. 

 digestive gland ; I. aM. <. left abdominal vein ; I. aj}\ frr. left afferent branchial vessel ; I. aur. 

 left auricle ; 1. br. ht. left branchial heart ; I. cten. left ctenidium ; I. st. g. left stellate 

 ganglion ; mant. cart, mantle-cartilage ; mo. mouth ; pen. penis ; prost. prostate ; r. aljd. <. 

 right abdominal vein ; ;-. rten. right cteuidium ; rect. rectum ; r. cen. app. appendages of 

 right afferent branchial vessel ; te. testis ; te. r. vein to testis ; ra. valve of funnel ; cf.nt. 

 ventricle. 



Nervous System. Though parts homologous with those 

 j of Triton are recognisable in the nervous system of Sepia, their pro- 

 portions and arrangement indicate a higher grade of organisation. 

 The cerebral, pedal, and pleuro-visceral ganglia (Fig. 666), all of 

 relatively large size, are closely aggregated together around the 



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