Keywords: Mesenchytraeus solifugus by Emery.png en Morphology of Mesenchytraeus solifugus Oligochaeta Enchytraeidae Explanations cd “ dorsal chaetae; cv “ ventral chaetae; ce “ brain; cu “ cuticle; h “ hypoderm; i “ intestine; in “ funnel; lc “ cephalic lobe; ml “ longitudinal muscles; mt “ transversal muscles; ne “ nephridium; nv “ ventral ganglion chain; o “ mouth; ph “ pharynx; pn “ nephridial pore; se “ septum Habitus x9 Brain and oesophageal ring; reconstucted from a series of horizontal sections In front of the brain the cephalic lobe shows a thickened hypoderm with pigmented sense cells x130 Sagittal section of the foremost part of the body combined from a series of not perfectly sagittal sections pc “ cephalic pore v “ blood vessel x130 System of muscular bundles which move the pharynx m ph ; reconstruction; the outer wall of the body is supposed to be transparent Of internal organs the central nerve system and the intestines only are drawn x100 Section of the intestinal wall in the fore part of the body with the chloragogene cells there are branched pigmented cells chl; ei “ ciliated intestinal epithelium s “ blood lacunes x380 Section of the epithelium of the pharynx; between the epithelial cells there are branched pigment cells x380 Transversal section of the body wall x380 Section of the body wall in the clitellar segment; from a specimen approaching maturity x360 Horizontal section of the cephalic lobe cs “ sense cells x380 The four chaetae of a bundle in a posterior segment isolated by means of caustic potash x380 Longitudinal vertical section of the 6th segment showing the body cavity filled by unicellular glands gl x250 Longitudinal vertical section of the 10th segment showing th cluster of granulated cells x and the large dark pigmented cells pg which lie around the bundles of chaetae x250 Longitudinal section through the ventral bundle of chaetae in a posterior segment x250 Three lymph cells in the coelome x380 The right nephridium of the 15th segment with the neighbouring bundles of chaetae Combined figure from two sections x250 Reconstucted sperm duct of the right side p “ pore a “ bulb drawn as semi-transparent in which the prostatic glands bb open; c “ fusiform swelling of the duct; d “ loop surrounded by the glands e; in “ funnel x130 Reconstructed spermathecae as a transverse section from a series of transverse section prs “ expernal pore; drs “ duct; rs “ cavity of the spermathecae ars “ its appendages x130 Anoplophrya sp parasite in the intestine of Melanenchytraeus x380 Parasitic cysts from the intestine of Melanenchytraeus; a “ entire cyst; b “ longitudinal cut cyst showing its content of nucleate clear globules Emery C On Melanenchytraeus Solifugus an oligochaetous annelid of the family Enchytraeidae “ Westminster Archibald Constable and Co Whiltehall Gardens 1900 ” 8 p http //www biodiversitylibrary org/item/101184 page/11/mode/1up Reprint in the Bidiversity Heritage Library biodiversitylibrary org 1900 Carlo Emery 1848 “1925 PD-old-80-1923 Mesenchytraeus solifugus |