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 133
OF POND-LIFE. His unties were those of a posture-master, or Pro-fessor of Deportment on stilts. Sometimes he stoodbolt upright, bringing his legs close together; thenthey were jauntily crossed, and the l)ody carriedhorizontally; then the two legs would be slightlyopened, and the body thro^vn… … Pliilodin;!—swimmhis:. Another kind of rotifer was abundant — thePhilodhid^ which belongs to the same family as thecommon wheel-bearer, namely, the Philodinwa. ThePhilodiiift is a good deal like the common wheel-bearer, or Rotifer vulgaris, but is usually of a stouterbuild, and carries his eyes in…
Microscopy · Freshwater animals
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