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A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) / The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc. — Charles Darwin

A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) / The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc.

Charles Darwin

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 974 pages

This is the second volume of Charles Darwin's taxonomic monograph on barnacles, published by the Ray Society in 1854. It describes the sessile cirripedes, including the Balanidae and Verrucidae, with detailed anatomical observations and classification. It offers a window into Darwin's meticulous scientific work and the study of marine invertebrates.

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Contents

  1. Table of Contents.
  2. A MONOGRAPH ON THE SUB-CLASS CIRRIPEDIA, WITH FIGURES OF ALL THE SPECIES.
  3. DEDICATION.
  4. PREFACE.
  5. INTRODUCTION.
  6. CLASS—CRUSTACEA. Sub-Class—CIRRIPEDIA.
  7. ORDER I.—THORACICA.
  8. 1. Family BALANIDÆ, (or Sessile Cirripedes).
  9. Sub-Family—BALANINÆ.
  10. 1. Genus—BALANUS, Auct.[83]
  11. Section A.
  12. Section B.
  13. Section C.
  14. Section D.
  15. Section E.
  16. Section F.
  17. 2. Sub-Genus—ACASTA. Pl. 9.
  18. 3. Genus—TETRACLITA. Pl. 10, 11.
  19. 4. Genus—ELMINIUS.
  20. 5. Genus—PYRGOMA.
  21. 6. Sub-Genus—CREUSIA. Pl. 13, 14.
  22. 7. Genus—CHELONOBIA. Pl. 14: Pl. 15, fig. 1.
  23. SECOND SECTION OF THE SUB-FAMILY OF BALANINÆ.
  24. 8. Genus—CORONULA. Pl. 15, 16.
  25. 9. Genus—PLATYLEPAS. Pl. 17, fig. 1 a-2 b.
  26. 10. Genus—TUBICINELLA. Pl. 17, fig. 3 a-3 c.
  27. 11. Genus—XENOBALANUS. Pl. 17, fig. 4 a-4 c.
  28. Sub-Family—CHTHAMALINÆ.
  29. 12. Genus—CHTHAMALUS. Pl. 18, 19.
  30. 13. CHAMÆSIPHO—Nov. Genus.[132] Pl. 19.

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