. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. PERIPATUS ducts of the slime-glands open at their free e)id. They possess two main rings of projecting tissue, and their extremities bear papillae irregularly arranged. The ambulatory appendages vary in number. There are seventeen pairs in P. cafensis and eighteen in F. Bcdfoim'i, while in P. Pdicardsii the number varies from twenty-nine to thirty-four pairs. They consist of two main divisions, which we may call the leg and the foot (Figs. 6 and 7). The leg (l) has the form of a truncated cone, the broad end of which is attached to the ventro-lateral w
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. PERIPATUS ducts of the slime-glands open at their free e)id. They possess two main rings of projecting tissue, and their extremities bear papillae irregularly arranged. The ambulatory appendages vary in number. There are seventeen pairs in P. cafensis and eighteen in F. Bcdfoim'i, while in P. Pdicardsii the number varies from twenty-nine to thirty-four pairs. They consist of two main divisions, which we may call the leg and the foot (Figs. 6 and 7). The leg (l) has the form of a truncated cone, the broad end of which is attached to the ventro-lateral wall of the body, of which it is a prolonga- tion. It is marked by a number of rings of papillae placed 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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