It has therefore now become a true heart, and there is a regular circulation; and in the Decapod Crustacea the dorsal vessel is contracted into an oval form, and placed nearly in the centre of the trunk[354].
A Mysis stage, which is only found in the macrurous Decapod larvae.
Fully-grown Phyllosoma with all the Decapod appendages.
The Nauplius, so far as is known, does not occur in any other Decapod form except Penaeus.
In the course of these changes the larva becomes a true Decapod in the arrangement and number of its appendages; and indeed it was united with this group before its larval character was made out.
In a decapod form with pelagic larvae, described by Grenacher (No.
The pelagic Decapod larva described by Grenacher, which forms my second type, must be placed with reference to the development of the yolk-sack at the opposite pole to Sepia.
During the Zoaea stage the larva rapidly grows in size, and undergoes considerable changes in its appendages which reach the full Decapod number (fig.
A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans.
Defn: An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.
The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
Defn: A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug.
Defn: One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.
Defn: A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans.
Defn: A subdivision ofdecapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed.
Defn: A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.
In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs.
Defn: A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.
An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.
A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed.
A) is seated nearly opposite to the anterior margin of the second pair of cirri, which are homologous with the first pair of legs in the decapod Crustaceans.
Half a dozen varieties of these are known, one of which inhabits an echinoderm, another a decapod crustacean.
It is well known that these crabs are decapod crustaceans, very like miniature lobsters, which lodge in deserted shells, and 24 change their dwelling-place as they grow larger.
A decapod crustacean, the Galathea spinirostris, seeks for a Comatula, the colour of which it exactly imitates, and with which it lives on the most friendly terms.
Owen in strongly opposing this identification, and in regarding such tentacle as the equivalent of a whole lobe or arm of a Decapod or Octopod Dibranch.
In Nautilus there are no fin-like expansions of the integument, whereas such occur in the Decapod Dibranchs along the sides of the visceral hump (figs.
A tribe of Decapod Crustaceans with long tails (e.
A tribe of Decapod Crustacea, of which the Hermit-crab is the type.
A tribe of the Decapod Crustaceans with short tails (i.
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.
The auditory organ of Decapod Crustacea is lodged in the base of the antennule, that of Stomapods in the tail, while an auditory organ has been lately discovered on the underside of the head of the Myriopod Scutigera.
In Decapod Crustacea also it is very easy to prove that the fluid secreted by the so-called liver ascends into the stomach (which corresponds to the crop, together with the gizzard of the Insect).
Latreille is of opinion, That the four wings or their representatives replace the four thoracic legs of the decapod Crustacea[58].
The methods by which certain of the Decapod Crustaceans cast their old shells in the process of renewal and growth have already been made the subject of observation and record.
In the only examples of the exuviation of macrourous Decapod Crustaceans, there exists a singular diversity in the process itself.
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