Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885, Dallinger, W. H. (William Henry), 1842-1909 · Philadelphia, Blakiston · leaf 845
robablyconveying into it a poisonous fluid secreted by a vesicle at its base. 1 On the specific characters of Hydra consult Haacke, Jcnaische Zeitschr. xiv..X>. 133 ; and Jickeli, Zool. Anzciq. v. p. 401. 2 To this intermediate layer, Mr. Cx. C. Bourne applies the term mesoglcea. For anaccount… … HYDROZOA 789 The Latter inference is founded upon the oft-repeated observation,that if the living prey seized by the tentacles have a body destituteof hard integument, as is the case with the minute aquatic wormswhich constitute a large part of its aliment, this speedily dies,even though, instead…
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