GEPHYREA AND PHORONIS
By A. E. Shipley, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge
POLYZOA
By S. F. Harmer, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1901
All rights reserved
'Nous allons faire des vers ensemble'
André de Chénier
First Edition 1896. Reprinted 1901
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Scheme of the Classification adopted in this Book | [ix] |
| PLATYHELMINTHES AND MESOZOA | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| TURBELLARIA | |
| Introduction—description of the Polyclad Leptoplana tremellaris—Appearance—Habits—Structure: Polycladida—Classification—Habits—Anatomy—Development: Tricladida—Occurrence—Structure—Classification: Rhabdocoelida—Occurrence—Habits—Reproduction—Classification | [3] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| TREMATODA | |
| Characters of Trematodes—Habits and Structure of Trematoda Ectoparasitica (Monogenea)—Life-Histories of Polystomum integerrimum, Diplozoon paradoxum, and Gyrodactylus elegans—Trematoda Endoparasitica (Digenea)—Occurrence and Habits of Digenea—Life-History of Distomum macrostomum—Distomum hepaticum and its Effects—Bilharzia haematobia—Bisexual Trematodes—Table of Hosts—Classification | [51] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| CESTODA | |
| Introduction—Nature of Cestodes—Occurrence of Cestodes—The Tape-Worms of Man and Domestic Animals—Table of Life-Histories of Principal Cestodes of Man and Domestic Animals—Structure and Development of Cestodes—Table for the Discrimination of the More Usual Cestodes of Man and Domestic Animals—Classification | [74] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| MESOZOA | |
| Dicyemidae—Structure—Reproduction—Occurrence: Orthonectidae—Occurrence—Structure: Trichoplax: Salinella | [92] |
| NEMERTINEA | |
| CHAPTER V | |
| NEMERTINEA | |
| Introductory—External Characters—Anatomy—Classification—Development—Habits—Regeneration—Breeding—Geographical Distribution—Land, Fresh-Water, and Parasitic Forms—Affinities | [99] |
| NEMATHELMINTHES AND CHAETOGNATHA | |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| NEMATHELMINTHES | |
| Introduction—Nematoda—Anatomy—Embryology—Classification—Ascaridae—Strongylidae—Trichotrachelidae—Filariidae—Mermithidae—Anguillulidae—Enoplidae—Parasitism: Nematomorpha—Anatomy—Classification—Life-History: Acanthocephala—Anatomy—Embryology—Classification | [123] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| CHAETOGNATHA | |
| Structure—Reproduction—Habits—Food—Classification—Table of Identification [see also p. [534]] | [186] |
| ROTIFERA, GASTROTRICHA, AND KINORHYNCHA | |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| ROTIFERA, GASTROTRICHA, AND KINORHYNCHA | |
| Rotifera—History—External Features—Movements—Anatomy—Reproduction—Embryology—Classification—Distribution—Affinities: Gastrotricha: Kinorhyncha | [197] |
| ARCHIANNELIDA, POLYCHAETA, AND MYZOSTOMARIA | |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| The Chaetopodous Worms—The Archiannelida—Anatomy of Nereis, as Typical of the Polychaeta | [241] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| Classification of the Polychaeta—Shape—Head—Parapodia—Chaetae—Gills—Internal Organs—Jaws—Sense Organs—Reproduction—Larval Forms—Budding—Fission—Branching—Regeneration | [257] |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| Natural History of Polychaetes—General Habits—Character of Tube and its Formation—Colouring—Protective and Mimetic Devices—Phosphorescence—Food—Uses—Associated Worms—Worms as Hosts—Distribution—Fossil Remains | [284] |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| Characters of the Sub-Orders of Polychaetes—Characters of the Families—Description of British Genera and Species: the Myzostomaria | [303] |
| OLIGOCHAETA (EARTHWORMS, ETC.), AND HIRUDINEA (LEECHES) | |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| OLIGOCHAETA (EARTHWORMS AND THEIR ALLIES) | |
| Introduction—Anatomy—Reproduction—Bionomics—Distribution—Classification—Microdrili and Megadrili | [347] |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| HIRUDINEA (LEECHES) | |
| Introduction—Anatomy—Reproduction—Classification—Rhynchobdellae and Gnathobdellae | [392] |
| GEPHYREA AND PHORONIS | |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| GEPHYREA | |
| Introduction—Anatomy—Development—Sipunculoidea—Priapuloidea—Echiuroidea—Epithetosomatoidea—Affinities of the Group | [411] |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| PHORONIS | |
| History—Habits—Structure—Reproduction—Larva—Metamorphosis—List of Species and Localities—Systematic Position | [450] |
| POLYZOA | |
| CHAPTER XVII | |
| POLYZOA | |
| Introduction—General Characters and Terminology—Brown Bodies—History—Outlines of Classification—Marine Polyzoa—Occurrence—Forms of Colony and of Zooecia—Ovicells—Avicularia—Vibracula—Entoprocta | [465] |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| POLYZOA—continued | |
| Fresh-water Polyzoa—Phylactolaemata—Occurrence—Structure of Cristatella—Division of Colony—Movements of Colony—Retraction And Protrusion of Polypides in Polyzoa—Statoblasts—Table for Determination of Genera of Fresh-water Polyzoa—Reproductive Processes of Polyzoa—Development—Affinities—Metamorphosis—Budding | [492] |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| POLYZOA—continued | |
| Classification—Geographical Distribution—Palaeontology—Methods for the Examination of Specific Characters—Terminology—Key for the Determination of the Genera of British Marine Polyzoa | [515] |
| Addendum to Chaetognatha | [534] |
| Index | [535] |