The Crayfish

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Author

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

Title

The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology.

Credits

E-text prepared by deaurider, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org) and HathiTrust Digital Library ( www.hathitrust.org/)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Crayfish

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58924

Release Date

February 20, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by deaurider, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) and HathiTrust Digital Library ( https://www.hathitrust.org/ ) — THE CRAYFISH, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY BY T. H. HUXLEY, F.R.S.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF WOODCUTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COMMON CRAYFISH ( Astacus fluviatilis. )
6. 6.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.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CRAY­FISH—THE MECH­A­NISM BY WHICH THE LIV­ING OR­GAN­ISM AD­JUSTS IT­SELF TO SUR­ROUND­ING CON­DI­TIONS AND RE­PRO­DUCES IT­SELF.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE COM­MON CRAY­FISH: THE STRUC­TURE AND THE DE­VEL­OP­MENT OF THE IN­DI­VI­DUAL.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE COMPARATIVE MORPH­OL­O­GY OF THE CRAY­FISH.—THE STRUC­TURE AND THE DE­VEL­OP­MENT OF THE CRAY­FISH COM­PARED WITH THOSE OF OTHER LIV­ING BEINGS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE ÆTIOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISHES.
11. 11.NOTES. — N OTE I., C HAPTER I., p. 17 . THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EXOSKELETON. — N OTE II., C HAPTER I., p. 29 . THE CRAB’S EYES, OR GASTROLITHS. — N OTE III., C HAPTER I., p. 31 . GROWTH OF CRAYFISH. — N OTE IV., C HAPTER I., p. 37 . THE ECDYSES OF CRAYFISHES. — N OTE V., C HAPTER I., p. 39 . REPRODUCTION IN CRAYFISHES. — N OTE VI., C HAPTER I., p. 42 . ATTACHMENT OF THE YOUNG CRAYFISH TO THE MOTHER. — N OTE VII., C HAPTER II., p. 64 . THE “SALIVARY” GLANDS AND THE SO-CALLED “LIVER” OF THE CRAYFISH. — N OTE VIII., C HAPTER II., p. 81 . ANAL RESPIRATION IN CRAYFISH. — N OTE IX., C HAPTER II., p. 82 . THE GREEN GLAND. — N OTE X., C HAPTER III., p. 105 . THE ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE CRAYFISH. — N OTE XI., C HAPTER III., p. 110 . THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE CRAYFISH. — N OTE XII., C HAPTER III., p. 124 . THE THEORY OF MOSAIC VISION. — N OTE XIII., C HAPTER III., p. 135 . THE SPERMATOZOA. — N OTE XIV., C HAPTER IV., p. 174 . THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISH. — N OTE XV., C HAPTER IV., p. 199 . THE HISTOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISH. — N OTE XVI., C HAPTER IV., p. 221 . THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRAYFISH. — N OTE XVII., C HAPTER VI., p. 297 . PARASITES OF CRAYFISHES.
12. 12.BIBLIOGRAPHY.
13. 13.INDEX.

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