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 99
slightly 80 Marvels of Pond-Life, exposes a row of cilia. After this two distinct wheelsare everted, and as their cilia whirl and spin, the animalis swiftly rowed along, until it thinks proper to mooritself fast by the tail-foot, and employ all its ciliarypower in causing currents to converge… … Philodlna (crawling). The gizzard of this family {Philodincea) presents aconsiderable deviation from the perfect form exhibitedby the Brachions. According to Mr. Gosse, Themallei and the incus (terms already explained) aresoldered together into two subquadrantic-globularmasses, which appear to be…
Microscopy · Freshwater animals -- England · Pond animals
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
