Marvels of pond-life : or, A year's microscopic recreations among the polyps, infusoria, rotifers, water-bears, and polyzoa (1861)
Slack, Henry James, 1818-1896 · London : Groombridge · leaf 122
r. At times the headis wagged about in all directions with considerablevehemence, playing singular antics, and distortingher lobes so as to exhibit a Punch and Judyprofile. When these creatures die they leave their EPISTYLIS. 95. tubes, which are often found empty in the pondsthey frequent. The… … Epistylis. two beautiful members of the Vorticella family,Epistylis and Carchesium. The reader will rememberthat in the Vorticella previously described, the bellsstood upon stalks that were very flexible, and re-tractile by means of a muscle running down their 96 MARVELS OF POXD-I,TFE. length. The…
Microscopy · Freshwater animals
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