Life in Its Lower, Intermediate, and Higher Forms: Or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of AnimalsRobert Carter & Brothers, 1860 - 363 من الصفحات |
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... calcareous and siliceous marine genera , the impression is not so much weakened but that we can still say with Professor Owen , ' that if a line could be drawn between the animal and vegetable kingdoms , the Sponges should be placed ...
... calcareous and siliceous marine genera , the impression is not so much weakened but that we can still say with Professor Owen , ' that if a line could be drawn between the animal and vegetable kingdoms , the Sponges should be placed ...
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... calcareous kinds are common with us , especially the former . The solid parts are , during life , invested with a glairy transparent slime , so fluid in most species as to run off when the Sponge is taken out of its native element ; yet ...
... calcareous kinds are common with us , especially the former . The solid parts are , during life , invested with a glairy transparent slime , so fluid in most species as to run off when the Sponge is taken out of its native element ; yet ...
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... calcareous crystals , most of which are stars of three radiating points , but some are linear needles , and on the exterior are many which are pointed at one end , and terminate in a bent , club - like knob at the other . It was this ...
... calcareous crystals , most of which are stars of three radiating points , but some are linear needles , and on the exterior are many which are pointed at one end , and terminate in a bent , club - like knob at the other . It was this ...
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... calcareous or siliceous spicula in them , this distinction must not be understood to imply that the former are totally destitute of these bodies , but only that they possess them in an excessively minute proportion . Mr Bowerbank , in ...
... calcareous or siliceous spicula in them , this distinction must not be understood to imply that the former are totally destitute of these bodies , but only that they possess them in an excessively minute proportion . Mr Bowerbank , in ...
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... , and appropriated by different species . " For example , it is very common to find growing on the same rock , or seaweed , a siliceous , a calcareous , and a horny sponge ; they have all the same exposure , and SPONGES . 45.
... , and appropriated by different species . " For example , it is very common to find growing on the same rock , or seaweed , a siliceous , a calcareous , and a horny sponge ; they have all the same exposure , and SPONGES . 45.
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Acineta action animal animalcules ANNELIDA antennæ appearance aquatic beautiful becomes beneath birds bivalve bladder body bones Butterfly calcareous called cavity cells CHAPTER cilia cilium claws close coloured common composed Crabs creatures CRUSTACEA curious Cysticercus deposited disk distinct ECHINODERMATA edge eggs elegant extremity feet fibres fishes fluid furnished gelatinous genus gills habits head horny inch incisors Infusoria Insects instinct integument intestinal jaws jointed larvæ length less limbs living manner Marsupialia Medusa membrane microscope minute motion mouth muscles muscular naturalists nest observed organs orifice oval pair peculiar perfect pieces plates polype PORIFERA prey Quadrupeds rays resembling ROTIFERA round rows seen segments shell side skeleton skin slender soft species specimen Spider spines Sponge stalk Star-fishes stomach structure substance suckers surface swimming tail teeth tentacles threads tiny tion transparent tube vesicle vessel vitreous humours Vorticella whole worms zoologist