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 62
er stores of invisible food. Sometimes the end ofthe tail acted as a sucker, and fixed the animal tightly Marvels of Pond-Life. 45 to the glass, when the wheels were protruded, and tliebody swayed to and fro. Then the sucker actionceased, and as the creature swam away, a tuft of ciliawas thrust out… … Pterodina patina—gizzard. was required, and this would be useless if the littlefidget could not be kept still. The size of the creature, whose name we may as wellmention was Pterodina patina, rendered this practicable,but required some care. The longest diameter of thebody, which wafe not quite…
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