Report on the Schizopoda Collected by H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Excerpt from Report on the Schizopoda Collected by H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76

Of the limbs belonging to the middle section of the body, Mr. Spence Bate names the two anterior pairs gnathopoda. This certainly may be quite correct as regards a number of the higher Crustacea, and more especially the Amphipoda, but by no means for all the lower forms, and the term should therefore merely be regarded as an epithet for a peculiar modification of those limbs in a few limited groups, precisely as chelipeds, fossorial legs, prehensile legs, &c.

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