The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Том 2A. and C. Black, 1827 |
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... Spongia ventilabrum , Lin . , besides the long waved silicious filament ( Fig . 5. ) , we ob- serve a distinct needle - shaped spiculum obtuse at one end , and tapered to a point at the other , ( similar to Fig . 18 ) . In the S. pilosa ...
... Spongia ventilabrum , Lin . , besides the long waved silicious filament ( Fig . 5. ) , we ob- serve a distinct needle - shaped spiculum obtuse at one end , and tapered to a point at the other , ( similar to Fig . 18 ) . In the S. pilosa ...
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... Spongia pa- pillaris . ( See Edin . New Phil . Jour . vol . i . p . 346 ) . This spiculum occurs in Spongia tomentosa , or urens , S. cristata , and large in S. coalita .. Fig . 3. Silicious , double - pointed , curved , short spiculum ...
... Spongia pa- pillaris . ( See Edin . New Phil . Jour . vol . i . p . 346 ) . This spiculum occurs in Spongia tomentosa , or urens , S. cristata , and large in S. coalita .. Fig . 3. Silicious , double - pointed , curved , short spiculum ...
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... Spongia monile , Gr . ( See Edin . New Phil . Jour . vol . i . p . 348. ) Fig . 9. Silicious , single - pointed , curved , long spiculum of the Spongia sanguinea , Gr . ( See zoological notices at the end of the present Number . ) Fig ...
... Spongia monile , Gr . ( See Edin . New Phil . Jour . vol . i . p . 348. ) Fig . 9. Silicious , single - pointed , curved , long spiculum of the Spongia sanguinea , Gr . ( See zoological notices at the end of the present Number . ) Fig ...
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... Spongia compressa , with a part of its side laid open , to shew the terminations of its canals in the interior of ... Spongia panicea highly magnified , to shew ( a ) its bounding fasciculi , and ( b ) a defending fasciculus spread ...
... Spongia compressa , with a part of its side laid open , to shew the terminations of its canals in the interior of ... Spongia panicea highly magnified , to shew ( a ) its bounding fasciculi , and ( b ) a defending fasciculus spread ...
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... Spongia panicea , after the ovum has fixed and spread for fourteen days on a watch - glass . a , Central opaque part to which the spicula were at first con- fined . b , Transparent homogeneous margin by which the young sponge spreads ...
... Spongia panicea , after the ovum has fixed and spread for fourteen days on a watch - glass . a , Central opaque part to which the spicula were at first con- fined . b , Transparent homogeneous margin by which the young sponge spreads ...
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