Aristotle's History of Animals / In Ten Books

by Aristotle

[101] Loligo vulgaris (Owen).

[102] Loligo media (Owen).

[103] Sepia octopodia.

[104] Köhler supposes the part called by Aristotle mytis to have been the glandular appendages on the vena cava and two visceral veins. (Owen in Todd's Cyclopedia of Anatomy, Art. Cephalopoda.)

[105] Probably the branchia.

[106] Eledone moschata.—Leach. (Owen.)

[107] Eledone cirrosa.—Leach. (Owen.)

[108] Argonauta argo. (Owen.)

[109] This is probably the meaning of the passage. Two kinds of pectens were distinguished; the one large, hollow, and of a dark colour, the other broad and sweeter, but harsh.

[110] Nautilus Pompilius (Owen.)