Medusae of the world . are as numerous as the stomach is a delicate turquoise, all the other parts being colorless. (See fig. 188.) This form may be at once distinguished by its minute tentacles and very slender, thread-like radial-canals. It is found at Key West and Tortugas, Florida, in April to June. It isextremely languid in its movements and is commonly found floating near the surface on calmdays. It is possibly only a variety of Mquorea forskalea, but I have never found intergradingforms. Plate 43. Figs. 1 to 4. JEquorea albida. Successive stages in the development of t
Medusae of the world . are as numerous as the stomach is a delicate turquoise, all the other parts being colorless. (See fig. 188.) This form may be at once distinguished by its minute tentacles and very slender, thread-like radial-canals. It is found at Key West and Tortugas, Florida, in April to June. It isextremely languid in its movements and is commonly found floating near the surface on calmdays. It is possibly only a variety of Mquorea forskalea, but I have never found intergradingforms. Plate 43. Figs. 1 to 4. JEquorea albida. Successive stages in the development of the young medusa. Agassiz Laboratory, Newport, Rhode Island, June to September, 1892, 1893, 5. JEquorea albida. A part of the bell-margin of the medusa shown in figure 6 and 7. JEquorea floridana. Key West, Florida, April 14, 1905. Figure 7, a part of the 8. JEquorea forskalea, young medusa. North Eleuthra Island, Bahama Islands, March 7, 1893. Drawn from life, by the author. PLATE 43.
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