Medusae of the world . he short, straight tentacles. Eachlithocyst contains a single spherical concretion. There are 4 straight, narrow radial-canalsand 28 to 40 diverticula, which extend inward from the circular vessel and end blindly in the 29 Plate 48. Fig. 1. Olindias tenuis, mature medusa. Nassau Harbor, Bahamas, July16, 1903. Figs. 2 to 4. Olindias tenuis. Successive stages in the development of theadhesive pads on the aboral sides of the exumbrella tentacles inmedusae, the diameter of whose bells are 2 mm., 8 mm., and 16mm. respectively. Fig. 5. Olindias tenuis, side view of a part of o
Medusae of the world . he short, straight tentacles. Eachlithocyst contains a single spherical concretion. There are 4 straight, narrow radial-canalsand 28 to 40 diverticula, which extend inward from the circular vessel and end blindly in the 29 Plate 48. Fig. 1. Olindias tenuis, mature medusa. Nassau Harbor, Bahamas, July16, 1903. Figs. 2 to 4. Olindias tenuis. Successive stages in the development of theadhesive pads on the aboral sides of the exumbrella tentacles inmedusae, the diameter of whose bells are 2 mm., 8 mm., and 16mm. respectively. Fig. 5. Olindias tenuis, side view of a part of one of the marginal tentaclesshowing the half rings of nematocysts upon the exumbrella(aboral) side, and the strand of longitudinal muscles on theinner (velar) side of the tentacle. Fig. 6. Olindias tenuis. The extremity of one of the long marginal ten-tacles showing the pad-like mass of adhesive cells and the knobbedend of the tentacle. Fig. 7. Olindias tenuis. View of one of the gonads. Drawn from life, by the \ :?, 111))**,,,* \
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