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 54
ingencysted^ that is, of secreting a gelatinous cover,and likewise of assuming what Stein calls theirAcineta forms, which are usually pear or trumpet-shaped bodies on short stalks, Avith stiff cilia orbristles springing from their heads. Stein thoughtthat their Acineta forms never reproduced their… … Encysted Vorticella, shewing the obliteration of special organs by the advancementof the process. —Pritcha7d. rect. These changes are exhibited in the annexedcuts, which are copied from known authorities. Bycareful observation of the bodies of Vorticellids, acontractile vesicle may be observed,…
Microscopy · Freshwater animals
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