The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology.
Thomas Henry Huxley
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The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology.
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THE CRAYFISH, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY BY T. H. HUXLEY, F.R.S.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF WOODCUTS.
CHAPTER I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COMMON CRAYFISH (Astacus fluviatilis.)
CHAPTER II. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CRAY­FISH. THE MECH­A­NISM BY WHICH THE PARTS OF THE LIV­ING EN­GINE ARE SUP­PLIED WITH THE MA­TER­I­ALS NEC­ES­SARY FOR THEIR MAIN­TE­NANCE AND GROWTH.
CHAPTER III. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CRAY­FISH—THE MECH­A­NISM BY WHICH THE LIV­ING OR­GAN­ISM AD­JUSTS IT­SELF TO SUR­ROUND­ING CON­DI­TIONS AND RE­PRO­DUCES IT­SELF.
CHAPTER IV. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE COM­MON CRAY­FISH: THE STRUC­TURE AND THE DE­VEL­OP­MENT OF THE IN­DI­VI­DUAL.
CHAPTER V. THE COMPARATIVE MORPH­OL­O­GY OF THE CRAY­FISH.—THE STRUC­TURE AND THE DE­VEL­OP­MENT OF THE CRAY­FISH COM­PARED WITH THOSE OF OTHER LIV­ING BEINGS.
CHAPTER VI. THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE ÆTIOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISHES.
NOTES.
NOTE I., CHAPTER I., p. 17. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EXOSKELETON.
NOTE II., CHAPTER I., p. 29. THE CRAB’S EYES, OR GASTROLITHS.
NOTE III., CHAPTER I., p. 31. GROWTH OF CRAYFISH.
NOTE IV., CHAPTER I., p. 37. THE ECDYSES OF CRAYFISHES.
NOTE V., CHAPTER I., p. 39. REPRODUCTION IN CRAYFISHES.
NOTE VI., CHAPTER I., p. 42. ATTACHMENT OF THE YOUNG CRAYFISH TO THE MOTHER.
NOTE VII., CHAPTER II., p. 64. THE “SALIVARY” GLANDS AND THE SO-CALLED “LIVER” OF THE CRAYFISH.
NOTE VIII., CHAPTER II., p. 81. ANAL RESPIRATION IN CRAYFISH.
NOTE IX., CHAPTER II., p. 82. THE GREEN GLAND.
NOTE X., CHAPTER III., p. 105. THE ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE CRAYFISH.
NOTE XI., CHAPTER III., p. 110. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE CRAYFISH.
NOTE XII., CHAPTER III., p. 124. THE THEORY OF MOSAIC VISION.
NOTE XIII., CHAPTER III., p. 135. THE SPERMATOZOA.
NOTE XIV., CHAPTER IV., p. 174. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISH.
NOTE XV., CHAPTER IV., p. 199. THE HISTOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISH.
NOTE XVI., CHAPTER IV., p. 221. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRAYFISH.
NOTE XVII., CHAPTER VI., p. 297. PARASITES OF CRAYFISHES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
INDEX.
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