 ... five most minute cups are placed which seem to act in the same manner as the suckers on the arms of the cuttle-fish. As the animal lives in the open sea, and probably wants a place of rest, I suppose this beautiful and most anomalous structure is...  A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca - Pagina 141de Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing - 1893 - 466 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1861 - 562 pagini
...three bristle-like appendages of dissimilar lengths, the longest equalling that of the entire legs. These claws are very thin, and are serrated with the...placed, which seem to act in the same manner as the sucker on the arm of the cuttle-fish." As this animal lives in the open sea, and probably wants a place... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - 628 pagini
...terminating in a simple claw, ends in three bristle-like appendages of dissimilar lengths — the longest equalling that of the entire leg. These claws are...flattened, and on this part five most minute cups arc placed which seem to act in the same manner as the suckers on the arms of the cuttle-fish. As the... | |
 | William Dean Howells - 1984 - 508 pagini
...terminated by a simple claw, ends in three bristle-like appendages of dissimilar lengths, the longest equalling that of the entire leg. These claws are very thin, and are serrated with teeth of an excessive fineness, which are directed towards the base. The curved extremities are flattened,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1989 - 452 pagini
...terminated by a simple claw, ends in three bristle-like appendages of dissimilar lengths, the longest equalling that of the entire leg. These claws are very thin, and are serrated with teeth of an excessive fineness, which are directed towards the base. The curved extremities are flattened,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1996 - 382 pagini
...terminated by a simple claw, ends in three bristle-like appendages of dissimilar lengths, the longest equalling that of the entire leg. These claws are very thin, and are serrated with teeth of an excessive fineness, which are directed towards the base. The curved extremities are flattened,... | |
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