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Page xiii
... possible whether this resemblance was a case of homology or analogy , and , if the former , to endeavour to trace the causes which led to the transformation of the carnivorous Annelid into the Crustacean . Shrewd conjectures have been ...
... possible whether this resemblance was a case of homology or analogy , and , if the former , to endeavour to trace the causes which led to the transformation of the carnivorous Annelid into the Crustacean . Shrewd conjectures have been ...
Page xv
... possible escape from accepting a similar derivation for the Giganto- straca , as Haeckel has called these ancient forms . I found that , strange as it may at first seem , the very differences between Apus and these ancient Crustaceans ...
... possible escape from accepting a similar derivation for the Giganto- straca , as Haeckel has called these ancient forms . I found that , strange as it may at first seem , the very differences between Apus and these ancient Crustaceans ...
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... possible to show , as will be done in the following pages , that Apus is perhaps the most perfect " missing link " which zoology so far possesses , perfect , not only because its morphology is easily deducible from that of a carnivorous ...
... possible to show , as will be done in the following pages , that Apus is perhaps the most perfect " missing link " which zoology so far possesses , perfect , not only because its morphology is easily deducible from that of a carnivorous ...
Page 5
... possible manner of life , that this assumption presents no difficulty . Cambrian and Silurian formations have revealed to the palæontologist abundant evidence that early Chatopods crawled about along the bottom of the seas of those ...
... possible manner of life , that this assumption presents no difficulty . Cambrian and Silurian formations have revealed to the palæontologist abundant evidence that early Chatopods crawled about along the bottom of the seas of those ...
Page 7
... possible . It is not essential to our theory that we should show exactly how the inner transform- ations actually took place . Our explanations may themselves be incorrect , but the validity of our argu- ment can only be seriously ...
... possible . It is not essential to our theory that we should show exactly how the inner transform- ations actually took place . Our explanations may themselves be incorrect , but the validity of our argu- ment can only be seriously ...
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2nd Edit 3rd Edit acicular glands animal Annelidan antennæ Apodidæ appendages Apus bending body brain canal carnivorous Annelid chitinous Cirripedia Cladocera cœlom Crustacea cuticle deduce developed diverticula dorsal parapodium dorsal shield eggs ENGLISH epithelium ESSAYS Eurypterus excretory exoskeleton eye of Apus fold function ganglia genital Globe 8vo gradually groups head-shield higher Crustacea HISTORY homology hypodermis Illustrated intestinal jaws labrum larva larvæ lateral limbs of Apus Limulus longitudinal Malacostraca mandibles masticatory ridges maxillæ membrane ment mid-gut modern Crustacea morphological mouth muscle bands musculature Nauplius nephridia nerves number of segments ocelli œsophageal commissures original Annelid Ostracoda pair of limbs paired eyes Phyllopodan POEMS position posterior primitive Crustacean probably Prof prostomium Pterygotus pygidium round rudimentary second antennæ sensory cirrus sensory organs SERMONS shell gland sinus specialised surface theory tion Tracheata Trilobites trunk limbs trunk segments tube unpaired eye ventral parapodia vols
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