MAKE A MEME View Large Image Devonshire coast (Page 277) (5981276338).jpg ITS sxrvUCTURE 277 <br> patches were an incli and a half in width The micro- <br> scope reveals that in this substance which is gelatinous <br> and of a consisteuce somewhat between flesh and ...
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Keywords: A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast (Page 277) (5981276338).jpg ITS sxrvUCTURE 277 <br> patches were an incli and a half in width The micro- <br> scope reveals that in this substance which is gelatinous <br> and of a consisteuce somewhat between flesh and car- <br> tilage are imbedded numerous oblong cells set as <br> close to each other as they will lie with the orifices <br> slanting outward to the surface and so arranged as <br> that each opening shall be in a line between the two <br> that are just behind it ; in other words disposed in <br> quincunx The upper and free portion of each cell <br> is surrounded by short spines standing up and diverg- <br> ing a little their number varying from one or two to <br> five or six Between them is the opening of the cell <br> a transverse slit or pair of lips capable of separating <br> and of allowing the integuments to be protruded by <br> evolution ; the usual mode of expansion among the <br> Polyzoan polypes You would fancy it was the finger <br> of a fairy glove slowly turning inside out ; the mem- <br> branous tube lengthening all the while upwards from <br> the midst of the spines and unfolding with more and <br> more rapidity until at length a bundle of fine threads <br> appear and in a moment expand on all sides into a <br> most lovely bell of thirty tentacles Meanwhile <br> another and another is protruding in like manner <br> and presently the uncouth skin that looked like a <br> piece of rough leather is adorned every where with <br> these beauteous bells as thick as they can stand <br> They appear as if they were spun out of glass thread <br> so crystalline is their substance; and the double curve <br> of their outline is peculiarly elegant To add to their <br> beauty every filamentous tentacle is furnished with a <br> double series of minute cilia the rapid play of which <br> is perpetually passing up one side from the base to <br> B 2 Coryne stauridia Gosse 1853 accepted as Cladonema radiatum Dujardin 1843 Noctiluca miliaris Suriray 1816 accepted as Noctiluca scintillans Macartney Kofoid Swezy 1921 29378825 93094 42528 Page 277 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378825 1853 10 5962/bhl title 42528 Gosse Philip Henry; Hullmandel Walton Biodiversity Heritage Library A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Information field Flickr tags and travel Devon England Great Britain Marine animals Smithsonian Institution Libraries SIL bhl page 29378825 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378825 taxonomy binomial Coryne stauridia taxonomy binomial Noctiluca miliaris devon england great britain sil taxonomy binomial coryne stauridia taxonomy binomial noctiluca miliaris Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-07-27 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/5981276338 2015-09-11 05 56 57 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Cladonema radiatum Noctiluca miliaris A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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