CHAPTER IX

THE PROSOMATIC SEGMENTS OF AMMOCOETES

The prosomatic region in Ammocoetes--The suctorial apparatus of the

adult Petromyzon--Its origin in Ammocoetes--Its derivation from

appendages--The segment of the lower lip or the metastomal segment--

The tentacular segments--The tubular muscles--Their segmental

arrangement--Their peculiar innervation--Their correspondence with

the system of veno-pericardial muscles in Limulus--The old mouth

or palæostoma--The pituitary gland--Its comparison with the coxal

gland of Limulus--Summary 286

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