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Facts and Arguments for Darwin

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By Fritz Müller
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This work presents a collection of empirical observations and developmental studies of crustaceans gathered by the author in South America, marshaling anatomical, embryological, and life-history evidence in support of Darwinian evolution. It treats systematic descriptions and comparative morphology (including a survey of Melita), sexual dimorphism, respiratory adaptations of land crabs, cardiac anatomy, and the developmental histories of multiple crustacean groups such as podophthalmous and edriophthalmous forms, entomostracans, cirripedes, and rhizocephalans. It also discusses classification principles, traces evolutionary progress within Crustacea, and proposes pathways by which parasitic rhizocephalans could have arisen from barnacle-like ancestors.

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Title: Facts and Arguments for Darwin

Author: Fritz Müller

Translator: W. S. Dallas

Release date: September 1, 2004 [eBook #6475]
Most recently updated: April 10, 2020

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Sue Asscher

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Facts and Arguments for Darwin

by Fritz Müller

WITH ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR

Translated from the German
by W. S. DALLAS, F.L.S.
Assistant Secretary to the Geological Society of London


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS


LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1869

Mr. DARWIN'S WORKS

A NATURALIST’S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; being a Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of Countries visited. Post 8vo. 9 shillings.

THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION; or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Woodcuts. Post 8vo. 15 shillings.

THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. Woodcuts, Post 8vo. 9 shillings.

THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. Illustrations. 2 volumes, 8vo. 28 shillings.

Contents

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
Chapter 1. Introductory.
Chapter 2. The Species of Melita.
Chapter 3. Morphology of Crustacea.
Chapter 4. Sexual Peculiarities and Dimorphism.
Chapter 5. Respiration in Land Crabs.
Chapter 6. Structure of the Heart in Edriophthalma.
Chapter 7. Developmental History of Podophthalma.
Chapter 8. Developmental History of Edriophthalma.
Chapter 9. Developmental History of Entomostraca, Cirripedes, and Rhizocephala.
Chapter 10. On the Principles of Classification.
Chapter 11. On the Progress of Evolution.
Chapter 12. Progress of Evolution in Crustacea.
Index