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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 124

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ieties. Towards the end of this month rotifers abounded,and polyps were plentiful. Among the rotifers was * An interesting Epistylis. called Digitalis, from its bells re-sembling fox-glove flowers in shape, occurs as a parasite upon theCyclops qicadricornis, a very common entomostracan in… … CaicLesiuiu ^joiypinuui. EG(;S OF ROTIFER.S. 9< one about a two-hundredth of an inch long, pro-tected by a carapace, and having a tail terminatingin a single style, hence called Monostyle. Thereis perhaps no class of creatures that present somany curious and unexpected forms as the rotifers;and…

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