Macrura

Macrura and Brachyura — the Anomura — are little better represented in the older Mesozoic rocks than the Brachyura are.

Essays 2007

The Carboniferous Insecta and Arachnida are neither less specialized, nor more embryonic, than these that now live, nor are the Liassic Cirripedia and Macrura; while several of the Brachyura, which appear in the Chalk, belong to existing genera; and none exhibit either an intermediate, or an embryonic, character.

Essays 2007

Brachyura, whilst the external antennæ have the long and slender flagella proper to the Macrura.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

At the time of birth, the larva, like that of the Brachyura, has only the two gnathopoda developed, whilst the termination of the tail is like that of a fish, as in the Macrura.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

Macrura, whilst, on the other hand, the posterior division and caudal termination approach the Macrural type more nearly than that of the

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

The interest attaching to these forms arises from the intermediate position which they occupy in the natural arrangement of the class, their structure placing them between the Macrura and Brachyura; in accordance with which we find that, whilst Professor M. - Edwards classes them among the Macrura, Professor Bell, in his work on the British

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

Later on, in conjunction with Milne-Edwards, he demonstrated the unity of composition of the nervous system in Crustacea, showing how the concentrated system of the crab was formed by the same series of ganglia as in the Macrura.

Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

Smith interpreted the alteration in the male as a development of female secondary characters, but it is obvious from the condition in Macrura or tailed Decapods, like the lobster or crayfish, that the abdomen or tail of the male originally carried appendages similar to those of the female, and that the male character is a loss of these appendages.

Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897

-- The Carboniferous Insecta and Arachnida are neither less specialized, nor more embryonic, than those that now live, nor are the Liassic Cirripedia and Macrura; while several of the

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Liassic Cirripedia and Macrura; while several of the Brachyura, which appear in the Chalk, belong to existing genera; and none exhibit either an intermediate, or an embryonic, character.

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860