The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4)

by Francis M. Balfour

Natantia.

Parasita.

Branchiura.

IV. Cirripedia.

Thoracica.

Abdominalia.

Apoda.

Rhizocephala.

V. Ostracoda.

[186] The importance of the larval history of the Crustacea, coupled with our comparative ignorance of the formation of the layers, has rendered it necessary for me to diverge somewhat from the general plan of the work, and to defer the account of the formation of the layers till after that of the larval forms.