The Cubomedusæ

Name: The Cubomedusæ
Author: Conant, Franklin Story
Conant, Franklin Story
Cubomedusae; Thesis (Ph. D.)
Immediately after the opening of the University in October his friends
and companions and instructors assembled to express the sorrow with which
they had heard the sad news of his death, and to record their love and
esteem for the generous, warm-hearted friend who in all the relations
of life had proved himself so worthy of their affectionate remembrance.
At this meeting those who had worked at his side in our laboratories
recalled his steadfast earnestness in the pursuit of knowledge, and the
encouragement they had found in his bright example; while those who
had been his instructors spoke of him as one who had bettered their
instruction and enriched all that he undertook by sound and valuable
observations and reflections. While all united in mourning the untimely
loss of one who had shown such rich promise of a life full of usefulness
and honor and distinction, it was pointed out with pride that his end
was worthy of one who had devoted it to the fearless pursuit of truth,
and to generous self-sacrifice and noble devotion to others; and it
was resolved, “That we prize the lesson of the noble life and death of
Franklin Story Conant.”




LIST OF THE PUBLISHED BIOLOGICAL PAPERS OF FRANKLIN STORY CONANT.


1. DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW CHAETOGNATHS. Johns Hopkins University
Circulars, No. 119, June, 1895.

2. NOTES ON THE CHAETOGNATHS. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, No.
126, June, 1896.

3. THE INHIBITORY AND ACCELERATOR NERVES TO THE CRAB’S HEART (_an
abstract_), by F. S. Conant and H. L. Clark. Johns Hopkins University
Circulars, No. 126, June, 1896.

4. ON THE ACCELERATOR AND INHIBITORY NERVES TO THE CRAB’S HEART, by F. S.
Conant and H. L. Clark. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. I, No.
2, 1896.

5. NOTES ON THE CUBOMEDUSÆ (_an abstract_). Johns Hopkins University
Circulars, No. 132, November, 1897.

6. THE CUBOMEDUSÆ. (This was accepted in June, 1897, as his thesis for
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and it is here printed.)




TABLE OF CONTENTS.


                                                                  PAGE

  INTRODUCTION                                                       1

  PART I: SYSTEMATIC                                                 3

      Family I: CHARYBDEIDÆ                                          3

                    _Charybdea Xaymacana_                            4

        “   II: CHIRODROPIDÆ                                         4

        “  III: TRIPEDALIDÆ                                          5

                    _Tripedalia cystophora_                          5

  PART II: GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ANATOMY OF THE CUBOMEDUSÆ      7

      A. CHARYBDEA XAYMACANA                                         7

         a. Environment and Habit of Life                            7

         b. External Anatomy                                         8

            2. Form of Bell                                          8
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