. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. Fam. 4. TEUTHID^E* Calamaries. Animal, body sometimes oblong and de- pressed, generally elongated and cylin- drical ; with a pair of tins varying in their relative size and position, but generally broad, shorter than the body,and terminal. Sheli internal, rudimental, in the form of a thin, straight, elongated, horny lamina; encysted in the substance of the dorsal aspect of the mantle. A. Funnel with an internal valve, and arti- culated at its base to two ventro-lateral cartilaginous prominences of the mantle. Genus SEPIO
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. Fam. 4. TEUTHID^E* Calamaries. Animal, body sometimes oblong and de- pressed, generally elongated and cylin- drical ; with a pair of tins varying in their relative size and position, but generally broad, shorter than the body,and terminal. Sheli internal, rudimental, in the form of a thin, straight, elongated, horny lamina; encysted in the substance of the dorsal aspect of the mantle. A. Funnel with an internal valve, and arti- culated at its base to two ventro-lateral cartilaginous prominences of the mantle. Genus , Blainville. Body oval, flattened, with narrow lateral fins, extending its whole length; ante- rior margin of the mantle unattached. Horny hoops of the acetabula with den- ticulated margins. Gludius, or rudi- mental shell, long and wide. Ex. Sepioteuthis loliginiformis, Ruppel. Genus LOLIGO, Cuvier. Body elongated, cylindrical, provided with a pair of rhomboidal or triangular fins, shorter than the body, and terminal, their apices generally converging to a point, and united to the end of the man- tle; anterior margin of the mantle free. Horny hoops of the acetabula denticu- lated. Gladius long and narrow. Ex. Loligo vulgaris, Cuv. the common Calamary or Pen-fish. (Fig. 208.) Fig. * Also the fossil genera, Actinocamax, Miller ; Pseudvbelus, Blaiuville. VOL. I. The Calamary, Loligo vulgarii, Cuv. * From the term revdo/; applied by Aristotle to the ten-armed Malakia with an internal horny plate or yladius. 2 M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Todd, Robert Bentley, 1809-1860. London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper
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