The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 07 (of 10)Boulenger, George Albert
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 07 (of 10)
Boulenger, George Albert
Animals
The one genus _Hypobythius_, Moseley, contains two stalked deep-water forms
found by the "Challenger;" _H. calycodes_ (Fig. 34, A), from the North
Pacific, 2900 fathoms, and _H. moseleyi_ from the South Atlantic, 600
fathoms.
[Illustration: FIG. 34.—A, _Hypobythius calycodes_, Moseley; B, _Chelyosoma
macleayanum_, Brod. and Sowb.; C, _Corynascidia suhmi_, Herdman; D,
_Rhodosoma callense_, Lac.-Duth.]
SUB-FAM. 2. ASCIDIINAE.—Internal longitudinal bars present; stigmata
straight. Many genera, of which the following are the more
important:—_Ciona_, Fleming, dorsal languets present; _Ascidia_, Linnaeus
(in part _Phallusia_, Savigny), dorsal lamina {73}present (Fig. 15, p. 40);
_Rhodosoma_, Ehrenberg, anterior part of test modified to form operculum
(Fig. 34, D); _Abyssascidia_, Herdman, intestine on right side of branchial
sac. The type genus of this section, _Ascidia_, has been described in
detail above (Chapter II. p. 39), and Figs. 15 to 26 illustrate its
structure and life-history. There are many species. _Ciona intestinalis_,
Linn. (Fig. 40, B), is one of the commonest of British Ascidians, and lives
readily in aquaria.
SUB-FAM. 3. CORELLINAE.—Stigmata curved and forming spirals (Fig. 35).
Three genera:—_Corella_, Alder and Hancock, test gelatinous, body sessile;
_Corynascidia_, Herdman, test gelatinous, body pedunculated (Fig. 34, C), a
remarkable deep-sea form with very delicate spirally-coiled vessels in the
branchial sac (Fig. 35, A), found in the Pacific (2160 faths.) and the
Southern Ocean; _Chelyosoma_, Brod. and Sowb., upper part of test modified
into horny plates (Fig. 34, B).
[Illustration: FIG. 35.—A, branchial sac of _Corynascidia suhmi_, Herdman;
B, branchial sac of _Corella japonica_, Herdman. _i.l_, Internal
longitudinal bars; _tr_, transverse vessels. (After Herdman.)]
_Corella_ contains several British species, one of which, _C.
parallelogramma_, O. F. Müll., is one of the commonest and most handsome
Ascidians in our coralline zone (about 20 faths.). Through its clear
crystalline test the lemon-yellow and carmine pigmentation of the mantle,
and even (with a lens) the working of the cilia along the spiral stigmata
of the branchial sac (compare Fig. 35, B), can readily be seen. The beating
of the heart can be seen just in front of the viscera upon the _right_ side
of the branchial sac (compare with _Ascidia_, Fig. 23).
In the family Ascidiidae the eggs are minute and contain {74}little or no
food-yolk, and the tailed larvae (Figs. 26, 42, A) are of the typical form
and structure described in Chapter II.
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