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 75
of bed, when lo !his head falls open, and becomes a bell of tentacles ! Thebaby is the tenant-polype ! This is a very amusing romance, you say. Nay, itis no romance at all. If you will excuse the homeliness ofthe comparisons, I venture to affirm that a personal exa-mination of the creature itself… … LEAFY SEA-MAT. (A portion magnified.) shut with a snap ; and presently this opening and shut-ting is repeated. The meaning of this action you willbetter understand when you see analogous organs in SEA-MATS AND SHELLY CORALLINES. 63 another form of the same class of animals. Meanwhile,I will just…
Zoology · Microscopy
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