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... spicula , which are completely enveloped in the connecting matter , and are employ- ed in forming the bounding fasciculi of the pores . Besides these complicated spicula , we frequently find a second and simpler form of spiculum , one ...
... spicula , which are completely enveloped in the connecting matter , and are employ- ed in forming the bounding fasciculi of the pores . Besides these complicated spicula , we frequently find a second and simpler form of spiculum , one ...
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... spicula of the same individual is a great variety in their size . Donati not only observed that the hard ... spiculum of the same form , which extends along the sides of two or three successive pores , and contributes much to ...
... spicula of the same individual is a great variety in their size . Donati not only observed that the hard ... spiculum of the same form , which extends along the sides of two or three successive pores , and contributes much to ...
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... spicula interspersed through the central parts , ( fig . 29. part within d . ) . But within the space of ... spiculum afterwards start- ed into being . When two ova , in the course of their spreading on the surface of a watch ...
... spicula interspersed through the central parts , ( fig . 29. part within d . ) . But within the space of ... spiculum afterwards start- ed into being . When two ova , in the course of their spreading on the surface of a watch ...
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... spiculum of the 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 ...
... spiculum of the 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 ...
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... spiculum of the Spongia compressa . ( See Edin . New Phil . Jour . vol . i . p . 166. ) Fig . 12. Calcareous , clavate , curved spiculum of the S. compressa . ( Ibid . ) Fig . 13. Calcareous , straight , very minute spicula of the S ...
... spiculum of the Spongia compressa . ( See Edin . New Phil . Jour . vol . i . p . 166. ) Fig . 12. Calcareous , clavate , curved spiculum of the S. compressa . ( Ibid . ) Fig . 13. Calcareous , straight , very minute spicula of the S ...
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