Marvels of pond-life; or, A year's microscopic recreations among the polyps, infusoria, rotifers, water-bears and polyzoa (1871)
Slack, Henry J. (Henry James), 1818-1896 · London, Groombridge · leaf 41
se and similar creatures that every vacuolewas a distinct stomach, and that all the stomachswere connected by an intestinal canal; hence his name 24 Marvels of Pond-Life. Polygastrica, or many stomaclied. In these views liehas not been followed by later observers_, and it is pro-bable he was… … Rotifer vulgaris.—A, mouth, or gizzard; B, contractilevesicle.—Micrographic Dictionary. N.B.—When the cilia and tail part are retracted, and thebody shortened, the creature assumes an obtuse oval form. must turn to the wheel-bearer, who belongs to ahigher race than even the ciliated Protozoa. We…
Microscopy · Freshwater animals -- England · Pond animals
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