The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology.

by Thomas Henry Huxley

CONTENTS.

• PREFACE • [v]
• LIST OF WOODCUTS • [xi]
• CHAPTER I. The Natural History of the Common Crayfish • [1]
• CHAPTER II. The Phys­i­ol­o­gy of the Com­mon Cray­fish. The Mech­a­nism by which the Parts of the Liv­ing En­gine are sup­plied with the ma­terials nec­es­sary for their main­te­nance and growth • [46]
• CHAPTER III. The Phys­i­ol­ogy of the Common Crayfish. The Mechanism by which the Liv­ing Or­ga­nism adjusts it­self to sur­round­ing con­di­tions and re­pro­duces it­self • [87]
• CHAPTER IV. The Mor­phol­o­gy of the Com­mon Cray­fish. The struc­ture and the de­vel­op­ment of the in­di­vi­dual • [137]
• CHAPTER V. The Com­par­a­tive Mor­phol­ogy of the Cray­fish. The struc­ture and the de­vel­op­ment of the Cray­fish com­pared with those of other liv­ing beings • [227]
• CHAPTER VI. The Dis­tri­bu­tion and the Ætiol­ogy of the Cray­fishes • [288]
• NOTES • [347]
• BIB­LI­OG­RAPHY • [357]
• INDEX • [363]