. The crayfish; an introduction to the study of zoology. Crayfish; Zoology. 312 DISTRIBUTION AND ETIOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISHES. sternum is elevated into a transverse prominence, on the posterior face of which there is a pit or depression.* In both these characters, but more especially in the former, the Amurland and Japanese Astaci depart from both the Pontocaspian and the West American Astaci, and approach the Cambari of Eastern North America. In these crayfishes, in fact, one or both of the same pairs of legs in the male are provided with similar. Fig. 78.— Camba7'iis (Guatemala) penultimate le
. The crayfish; an introduction to the study of zoology. Crayfish; Zoology. 312 DISTRIBUTION AND ETIOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISHES. sternum is elevated into a transverse prominence, on the posterior face of which there is a pit or depression.* In both these characters, but more especially in the former, the Amurland and Japanese Astaci depart from both the Pontocaspian and the West American Astaci, and approach the Cambari of Eastern North America. In these crayfishes, in fact, one or both of the same pairs of legs in the male are provided with similar. Fig. 78.— Camba7'iis (Guatemala) penultimate leg. , coxopodite ; , coxopoditic setae ; j^db, podobranehia ; bp, basipodite ; ip, ischiopo- dite; nq), meropodite ; cjf carpopodite; 2U^- pi'opodite; dj), dactylopodite. hook-like processes; while, in the females, the modifi- cation of the penultimate thoracic sternum is carried still further and gives rise to the curious structure de- scribed by Dr. Hagen as the *' annulus ; In all the Camhari, the pleurobranchise appear to be entirel}^ suppressed, and the hindermost podobranehia has no lamina ; while the areola is usually extremely narrow. The proportional size of the areola in the Amurland * Kessler, 1. 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 Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. New York, D. Appleton and company
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