Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ: including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiology — John Shaqi
Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ: including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiologyBerger, E. W. (Edward William)
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Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ: including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiology
Berger, E. W. (Edward William)
Cubomedusae
Network and Multipolar Ganglion Cells 67
The Nerve Tissue 67
The Supporting Lamella 68
Epithelium of Ampulla and Floating Cells 68
The Endothelium of the Peduncle 73
The Tentacles and Pedalia--
The Ectoderm 74
(a) Thread Cells 74
(b) Muscle Fibers 74
(c) Ganglion Cell 75
The Endoderm 75
SUMMARY 77
LITERATURE 78
REFERENCE LETTERS 80
DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES 81
INTRODUCTION.
This paper may be regarded as a continuation of the Cubomedusan studies
pursued by Dr. F. S. Conant while in Jamaica, in 1896 and 1897, with the
Johns Hopkins Marine Laboratory. His systematic and anatomical results
have since been published as his Dissertation (“The Cubomedusæ”) by this
University. Conant described this paper as Part I, hoping soon to add
a second part on the physiology and the embryology, for which he had
some notes and material at hand. Returning, however, to Jamaica with the
laboratory, in 1897, he continued his physiological experiments, and
preserved material for histological purposes. Upon the untimely death
of Conant, his material and notes were placed in my hands by Professor
Brooks, to whom I here take the opportunity of expressing my appreciation
and sincere thanks for the honor thus conferred and for the many favors
received.
In this paper I shall note at some length Conant’s physiological results
and append his notes. I shall also add my results on the histology of
the eyes and the sensory clubs in general, with some few facts on the
histology of the tentacles. The embryology will be reserved for a future
paper.
The forms used in the physiological experiments were Charybdea Xaymacana,
one of the two species (see Literature V, a and b) first found and
described by Conant; Aurelia aurita; Polyclonia and Cassiopœa. The
greater number of Conant’s notes are on Charybdea, and were left by him
just as taken at the time of experimenting. Many of these notes are
highly interesting and in the main fit in well with Romanes’[I] and
Eimer’s[IV] results.
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