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Excerpt from A Monograph of the British Palæozoic Phyllopoda (Phyllocarida, Packard) Milne Edwards, in his Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés places Nebalia. In the family Apnsidce among the Phyllopods; at the same time he remarks, The Nebaliee are very singular little crustaceans, which, by reason of their stalked eyes2 and their carapace, approach the podophthalmia they do not, however, possess branchiae, properly so called, but they respire by the aid of their thoracic feet, which are developed into membranaceous and foliaceous appendages. They resemble in many respects, and establish a passage between Mysis and Apus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.