TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Franklin Story Conant
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INTRODUCTION
1
PART I
: SYSTEMATIC
3
Family I:
CharybdeidÆ
3
Charybdea Xaymacana
4
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II:
ChirodropidÆ
4
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III:
TripedalidÆ
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Tripedalia cystophora
5
PART II
: GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ANATOMY OF THE CUBOMEDUSÆ
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A.
Charybdea Xaymacana
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a. Environment and Habit of Life
7
b. External Anatomy
8
2. Form of Bell
8
3. Pedalia
8
4. Sensory Clubs
9
5. The Bell Cavity and its Structures
10
(a) Proboscis
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(b) Suspensoria, or Mesogonia
11
(c) Interradial funnels, or funnel cavities
11
(d) Velarium
12
(e) Frenula
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(f) Musculature
12
(g) Nerve ring
13
c. Internal Anatomy
13
6. Stomach
13
7. Phacelli
14
8. Peripheral Part of the Gastro-Vascular System
14
(a) Stomach Pockets (Valves and Mesogonial Pockets)
14
(b) Marginal Pockets
17
(c) Canals of the Sensory Clubs and Tentacles
17
9. Reproductive Organs
19
10. Floating and Wandering Cells
20
B.
Tripedalia Cystophora
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a. Habitat
22
b. External Anatomy
23
c. Internal Anatomy
24
PART III
: DESCRIPTION OF SPECIAL PARTS OF THE ANATOMY
27
A.
Vascular LamellÆ
27
B.
Nervous System
37
LITERATURE
57
TABLE OF REFERENCE LETTERS
58
DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES
60
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