On the earthworms collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by Frank E. Beddard.

  • Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925.
Date:
1900
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Credit: On the earthworms collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by Frank E. Beddard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    occnpylng about three segments ; these reach, in fact, as far forward as the second segment in front of that in which they originate. The last pair of hearts are placed in segment xiii. The S2:>erm-sacs ]ie in segments xi. and xii. and are large and racemose; they are in contact above the oesophagus. Tig. 1. The spermiducal glands are largish, somewhat irregular in shape, and occupy segments xvii.-xix. The duct itself is curved in a liorseshoe-like fashion ; it has no terminal sac, but widens some- what towards the orifice. There are four pairs of spermatheccp, situated in segments vi.-ix. The sacs are large, irregularly oval in contour, and with a short Anterior end of Amyntas malayanus. X 3.