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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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ТНЕ
RAY SOCIETY.
INSTITUTED MDCCCXLIV.
Picture of Ray.
LONDON.
MDCCCLIV.

A MONOGRAPH
ON THE SUB-CLASS
CIRRIPEDIA,
WITH
FIGURES OF ALL THE SPECIES.
BY
CHARLES DARWIN, F.R.S., F.G.S.
THE BALANIDÆ,
(OR SESSILE CIRRIPEDES);
THE VERRUCIDÆ,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE RAY SOCIETY.
MDCCCLIV.
Reprinted with the permission of the Ray Society
JOHNSON REPRINT CORPORATION

111 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10003
JOHNSON REPRINT COMPANY LTD.
Berkeley Square House, London, W. 1

First reprinting, 1968, Johnson Reprint Corporation
Printed in the United States of America

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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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