The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology.

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF WOODCUTS.

CHAPTER I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COMMON CRAYFISH ( Astacus fluviatilis. )

CHAPTER II. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CRAY­FISH. THE

CHAPTER III. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CRAY­FISH THE

CHAPTER IV. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE COM­MON CRAY­FISH:

CHAPTER V. THE COMPARATIVE MORPH­OL­O­GY OF THE

CHAPTER VI. THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE AETIOLOGY OF THE CRAYFISHES.

NOTES. N OTE I., C HAPTER I., p. 17 . THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EXOSKELETON.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

INDEX.

Title: The Crayfish

An Introduction to the Study of Zoology. The International Scientific Series, Vol. XXVIII

Author: Thomas Henry Huxley

Language: English

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