. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. APPENDAGES OF PHVLLOPODA 27 excluding the gnathobase) being very mobile and attached to the main stem by a definite joint. On the outer side are two pro- cesses ; a proximal" bract," a flat plate with crenate edges, partly divided by a constriction into two, and a distal process, cylindrical and vascular, called by Sars and others the " ; In other Branchipodidae we have essentially the same condition, except that the fifth endite often becomes much larger than in Artemia, throwing the terminal endite well over to the outer
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. APPENDAGES OF PHVLLOPODA 27 excluding the gnathobase) being very mobile and attached to the main stem by a definite joint. On the outer side are two pro- cesses ; a proximal" bract," a flat plate with crenate edges, partly divided by a constriction into two, and a distal process, cylindrical and vascular, called by Sars and others the " ; In other Branchipodidae we have essentially the same condition, except that the fifth endite often becomes much larger than in Artemia, throwing the terminal endite well over to the outer. t^,.^' Fig. 8.—A, Thoracic limb of Chirocephalus diaphaniis ; B, prehensile thoracic limb of male Estheria. gn, Gnathobase ; 1-6, the more distal endites. edge of the limb; such a shift as this, continued farther, might well lead to the condition found in the Limnadiidae, or Apodidae, where the lobe which seems to represent the terminal endite of Artemia is entirely on the outer border of the limb, forming what most writers have called the exopodite (Lankester's " flabellum ")} In the two last-named families the basal exite or bract of the Branchipodidae does not appear to be represented. The limbs of tho Apodidae are remarkable in two ways; those in front of the genital opening (very constantly ten pairs) ' The nomenclature here adopted is not that of 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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