Half-hours with the microscope; being a popular guide to the use of the microscope as a means of amusement and instruction (1863)
Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874 · London, R. Hardwicke · leaf 105
-rately. Its body is cup-shaped, surmounted witheight long tentacles, which it has the power of re-tracting. It produces young ones by the process ofbudding, and the buds may be often seen protrud-ing from the side of their parents. It is verytenacious of life, and may be cut into several… … :ns I^iEfen »»w6t oc. «azat. -Lcucion. riiiijeit narT,.-. MICROSCOrE AT THE SEA-STDE. 71 been called stinging hairs, as seen at a, figure 146.If we suppose several of these hydras placed inlittle cups upon a common branch or stem, weshould have a Sertularia, or such an animal as isrepresented at…
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