Between latitudes 56° and 57° south of Cape Horn, the net was put astern several times; it never, however, brought up anything besides a few of two extremely minute species of Entomostraca. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
There were a large number of these Entomostraca in the Carboniferous period, a group which is chiefly represented among living Crustacea by an exceedingly minute kind of Shrimp; but in those days they were of the size of our Crabs and. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
In the same plants are found curious little Entomostraca, very abundant there but found nowhere else. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
In the same place the suctorial Entomostraca are added as examples of the difficulty of recognising the type. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844] Reference
(Entomostraca, Fig. 235), which last are beautiful objects for the microscope, and in a few days the occupants will feel at home, and the aquarium will be swarming with life, affording amusement and occupation for many a dull hour, by day or at night, in watching the marvels of insect transformations, and plant-growth. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
(the Entomostraca and other marine animals) which I was the first to prove to be the natural food of many excellent gregarious freshwater fish, as the Vendace, Early Loch Leven Trout, the Brown Trout of the. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Entomostraca. From Wordnik.com. [Facts and Arguments for Darwin] Reference
Entomostraca, in bromelia leaves, 118. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
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