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THE CRUSTACEA. 



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velopcd the ventral jjortlon together with the abdominal cord of the future 

 embryo ; while, at the opposite pole, where the borders of the disc meet, the 

 dorsal portion of the animal appears. Quite early, the blastodcrma can be 

 seen composed of an external or serous, and of an internal or mucous 

 layer. This last, after having enveloped the entire vitellus, is changed 

 gradually into the alimentary canal. The hepatic organs are only dcver- 

 ticuli of this last, while the antennae, the oral apparatus, the feet, and the 

 branchiae, are developed from the serous layer. 



The embryos, thus formed, differ considerably, and their form is often so 

 dissimilar from that of the adult animal, that, during their ulterior develop- 

 ment, there is a real metamorphosis, which takes place by more or less 

 numerous stages coincident with the act of moulting. 



An embryonic type quite general among the lower Crustacea, that is, 

 the Cirripedia, Siphonostoma, Lophyropoda and Phyllopoda, is that which 

 was first observed with Cyclops. There is here a long series of metamor- 

 phoses. The monocle-like larvae have an ovoid, unartieulated body, usually 

 provided with a single, simple eye, and two or three pairs of oar-like ap- 

 pendages covered with long hairs. <^' 



With some Brachyura, there is an equally well-marked metamorphosis ; 

 for, in leaving the egg, they have a long tail and two very large eyes ; but 

 with the first moulting they acquire two enormous, spur-like apophyses, one 

 on the front, and the other on the back.'*^ 



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3 It is remarkable that the young Cirripedia, 

 which are hexapod, have the characteristics of 

 the hxrvae of Monocles ; see Thompson^ Zool. 

 Kesearch. loc. cit. p. 69, PI. IX. (Balanus) ; Bur- 

 meister, Beitr. loc. cit. p. 12, Taf. I. {Lepax) ; 

 Goodsir, Kiliiib. New Philos. Jour. No. 69, July, 

 1843, p. 97, PI. III. IV., or Isis, 1844, p. 901, 

 Taf. I. fig. 8, 11-17 (Balanus). The larvae of 

 these Crustacea, before becoming fixed in order 

 to undergo their metamorphoses, change into a 

 bivalve animal resembling Cypris. Among the 

 Siphonostoma, the monocle-lilce embryos are very 

 general. Nordmann (loc. cit. p. 11, &c., Taf. II.- 

 VII.) has recognized larvae of this kind, some with 

 three (Ergasi/us and Lernaeocera),and others with 

 only two (Achtheres and Tracheliastes) pairs of 

 feet. According to Kollar (loc. cit. p. 87, Taf. X. 

 fig. 10), the embryos of Basanistes are monocle- 

 like and have six feet, as are also those of 

 Lernaeopoda described by Rathke (Zur Mor- 

 phol. &c. p. 34, Taf. I.). Goodsir (loc. cit. No. 

 65, July, 1842, p. 178, PI. III. fig. 19-23) has 

 oljserved embryos with four feet in the eggs of 

 Cali^u.1. The larvae of Nicothoe {Ratliki, Nov. 

 Act. Nat. Cur. XX. p. 109, Tab. V. fig. 8-10) and 

 of Arsru/us (Midler, Entomostr. p. 122, Tab. XX. 

 fig. 2, and Jurine, loc. cit. p. 453, PI. XXVI. fig. 

 4) form an exception in this respect, for when 

 they leave the egg they have two simple eyes, au 



articulated body, and more than three pairs of feet. 

 Those of the Cyclopidae which have six feet have 

 been known a long time. But IMuller (Entomostr. 

 p. 39, Taf. I. II.) formerly divided them under the 

 names of Nauplius a.wA Arntjmone. See Degeer 

 Abhandl. &c. VII. p. 181, Taf. XXX. (Cyclops); 

 Ramdohr, loc. cit. p. 5, &c., Taf. I. III. ; but 

 especially Jurine, Hist. d. Monocl. p. 15, kc, PI. 

 I.-VII. (Cyclops and Cyclopsinn). The young 

 Daphnioidae and Cyprido'idae, on the contrary, re- 

 semble the adults on their escape from the egg. The 

 simple eye is evidently the result of a very early 

 fusion of two eyes; see Jurine, loc. cit. p. 113, 

 PI. VIII. IX. (Daphnia and Cypris) ; Ratliki, 

 Abhandl. z. Bildungs u. Entwickelungsge.sch. &c. 

 p. 85 (Daphnia and Lynceus) ; Haird, JIagaz. 

 of Zool. and Bot. I. p. 522, and II. PI. V. fig. 

 12 (Cypris) ; finally Locen, loc. cit. p. 161, Taf. 

 V. fig. 12 (Evadne). Of the Phyllopoda, the mo- 

 nocle embryos of the Apodidae have two pairs 

 of feet, while those of the Branchiopoda have three ; 

 see Scliaeffer, Ber krebsartige Kiefenf. p. 118, Taf. 

 I. fig. 3 ; and Zaddach, loc. cit. p. 55, Tab. IV. 

 fig. 1-3 (Apus); Joly, loc. cit. p. 321, PI. IX. fig. 

 39 (Isaura) ; Prevost, in Jurine's llist. d. Mon- 

 ocl. p. 214, PI. XX. fig. 9 (Chirocephalus); and 

 Joly, loc. cit. p. 257, PI. VII. fig. 4 (Artemia).' 



4 These embryos with such singular forms, have, 

 hitherto, been fi.gured as separate genera under the 



* [ § 294, note 3.] For many highly-interesting 

 details on the economy of the Entomostraca, see 

 Baird (British Entomostr. &c. loc. cit. jjassim). 

 These details with their corresponding figures will 

 render clear many obscure economical points al- 

 luded to above. For the embi-yology of ^ri^u/w.?, 

 Artemia and Branchipus, see Leydig, loc. cit. 

 Siebold and Kulli/cer''s Zeitschrift, II. p. 344, and 

 III. p. 304. The descriptions of this observer are 

 quite rich in details uiion the successive appear- 



ances of the different organs. Argulus is quite 

 well developed when hatched, its muscles are trans- 

 versely striated and the locomotive organs well 

 formed. Artemia has, at this period, two anten- 

 nae, two pairs of feet on the head, and the red pig- 

 ment spots on the forehead, but these last have as 

 yet no light-refracting body. The muscles are still 

 without striae, and even here and there are filled 

 with vitelline globules. The heart and blood-cir- 

 culation are still unformed. — Ed. 



