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Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)

Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 262

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elongated. The mastax, as usual in this family,consists of two hemispheres (each bearing two teeth, settransversely, but converging to the centre); it is situatedat a considerable distance from the wheels, and is reachedby a long buccal funnel. The digestive canal is a longsac, apparently undivided… … TBIPOD WHEEL-BEAREB. 250 EVENINGS AT THE MICROSCOPE. f?ecal matter of a yellowish-brown colour is collected intwo small masses, near the extremity. Along the underside runs the ovary, which in this specimen contains twolong oval eggs in advanced development; from theirtransparent brightness, I…

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