. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. PARASITES UPON PAKASITES. 641 ig. A represents the ]»Er;(,'ii-F,ucKEn, and fi^r. ]; the muh-, of tlie same species Tli r will notice the stniiine formation of the female, and the meat dissimihiiity betwee readiT liirsrir and her smidl mat(\ Fin-. (J exiiihits au (xainple of a curious ^;emis termed Anchoivlla, ill which the arin-Hko appendages are very short, iinil united from the base so "as to look like a single ergan. At fig. C is seen (he fema
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. PARASITES UPON PAKASITES. 641 ig. A represents the ]»Er;(,'ii-F,ucKEn, and fi^r. ]; the muh-, of tlie same species Tli r will notice the stniiine formation of the female, and the meat dissimihiiity betwee readiT liirsrir and her smidl mat(\ Fin-. (J exiiihits au (xainple of a curious ^;emis termed Anchoivlla, ill which the arin-Hko appendages are very short, iinil united from the base so "as to look like a single ergan. At fig. C is seen (he female Ancho- P'h'ii iniriiiata. In this species the body is white, juiil the sliort arms end in a rounded knob. (iraturc is rather more than lialf an ineli in Iniuth. Atfig. I) is .shown the male of tlie name spiTies, which would hardly be as Imving any connexion with the long bodied creature tlmt liiis ju.'^t lieen described. The leiigfh of (he male is about the forty-eighth of an inch in length. At lig E is another species of the g(>nus, Anrli'iirlld ru(jom, so called because the body is iintchcil at the side. This creatures is alioiit 'the ti'Vi'iith of an inch in length. All (hcse crea(ures iiil'est (he cod, haddock, ."lul similar A wonderful example of a parasitic crustacean ill si'vi.'i'al ,4ages of devcdojmicnt is seen at ligs. II, 1. K. This is the Tt-dcheliaste^, with its long ugg-hags and strangely developed njiper extremity" At lig. r is se(.'n (he same creature wIk.'u very yuuiii;'. and at fig. K it is again shown, though of larger size. in (he next tribe of Entomostraca the head is kr|)t buried in the tissues of the animal to Miiich (he parasites cling, and are there held tiimly liy some horn-like ]irocesses that spring from (lie back jiart of (he head. They are, in fact, living , the barbed heads being .-link iiiln theii' prey. Two (.'urious forms are shown at lig.^. Land M. 'J'lie former represents tln> li'
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