Anatomy of the King Crab (Limulus Polyphemus, Latr.) (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Anatomy of the King Crab (Limulus Polyphemus, Latr.) Amongst the Trilobites the part of the body next the shield-shaped cephalic one shows eight segments in Asaphus platycephalus, eleven segments in Phacops, and from thirteen to fifteen in Calymene, besides an abdomen of eight segments. Then there were departures in Entomostraca from the Malacostracous numerical or segmental character by defect as well as by excess, - forms, like Limulus, e. With less than twenty-one segments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.