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 134
A. 105 {iiicl said to be cervical. Tlie clianges of formin this rotifer are still more remarkable than inthe common wheel-bearer. When resting it resem-bles a pear-shaped purse, puckered in at the mouth.Then it thrusts out its tail-foot, swells its body toan oval globe, protrudes its feeler, and… … Philoclina- cruMlinff. and employ all its ciliary power in causing currentsto converge towards its throat. AVhen it pleasesit can elongate the body, till it becomes vermiform,and it walks like the common rotifer, by curvingits back, and bringing its nose and its tail incontact with the ground. The…
Microscopy · Freshwater animals
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