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92 Order abdomen absent Africa America animals antennæ anus apertures appendages aquatic Arachnida Arthropoda asexual Asia auricles Australia body branchial calcareous cavity cephalothoracic shield cheliceræ ciliated Class cloaca Cnidaria conus arteriosus ctenidia Ctenophora dermal developed devoid digits distribution dorsal eggs elongated embryo encyst endoderm Eocene excretory families female fin-rays fins fission fossil forms freshwater Gastropoda genus geological gill-clefts gill-slits gills hermaphrodite horny incisors insectivorous intestine jaws larva larvæ Lemurs lophophore lung-books lungs Madagascar male mammæ Mammalia Mammals marine Marsupials maxillæ medusa mesoderm metamorphosis Miocene mouth Mouth-parts Murida muscles Mustelida Nearctic Neotropical nephridia notochord numerous opossums organs Oriental region oviparous pairs of legs Palearctic parasitic parthenogenesis Peculiar Genera pedipalpi perforated pharynx Phylum Placenta plates Pleistocene pollex proboscis radial Reproduction rudimentary segments setæ Sexes separate sexual shell skeleton species spicules Subphylum suckers tail teeth tentacles thoracic Three p.g. tube tube-feet unsegmented urinary bladder usually vascular system ventral viviparous vulgaris young form
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Page i - A ZOOLOGICAL POCKET-BOOK; Or, Synopsis of Animal Classification. Comprising Definitions of the Phyla, Classes, and Orders, with Explanatory Remarks and Tables. By Dr. Emil Selenka, Professor in the University of Erlangen. Authorised English translation from the Third German Edition.
Page 99 - Insecta The largest class of arthropods and the largest in the animal kingdom. Most insects can fly. The body is characteristically divided into a head, thorax, and abdomen. The head bears a pair of antennae, compound eyes, and simple eyes (ocelli). The mouthparts are modified according to the diet. The thorax bears three pairs of five-jointed legs and, typically, two pairs of wings. The abdomen is usually limbless. Most insects are terrestrial and respiration is carried out by tracheae with segmentally...
Page 138 - In principle, the nozzle consists of two parts, the first being an outer body, or thimble, in the form of a hollow cylinder closed at one end. The...