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VI.—Experiments and Observations on Crustacea. Part VI: The Mechanism of Massive Movement of the Operculum of Balanus nubilis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

John Tait  and
W. F. Emmons
John Tait
Affiliation:
Biological Station, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, and the Department of Physiology, M'Gill University, Montreal
W. F. Emmons
Affiliation:
Biological Station, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, and the Department of Physiology, M'Gill University, Montreal
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Balanus nubilis, one of the sessile Cirripedes, grows to a considerable size, a large specimen measuring some 10 to 11 cm. across the base and an equal distance in height. During a visit to Nanaimo Biological Station an opportunity was taken to study in this giant form a few features pertaining to the mechanism of movement of the operculum, which is attached within the cup of the shell by the opercular membrane. Peripherally the membrane is attached close to the downwardly directed sharp edge of an overhanging shelf formed by the inner wall of the shell; centrally it is attached to the free edge of the operculum on its basal aspect.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , 1926 , pp. 42 - 47
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1926

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page 43 note * Tait, , Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xxxvii (1918), pp. 252–258.Google Scholar