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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