. Animal life as affected by the natural conditions of existence. Animal ecology. Fig. 28.—The Infusoria observed by Rossbach. a, Chilodon cueuUulus; b, Euplctes Charon ; c, Stylonychia pustululu. Highly magnified. ing of the temperature to 5° above freezing point (5° centigrade) has a quite different effect on the different species; thus, at this low temperature the vesicle of Chilodon cuctdhilus contracts seven times in a minute, that of Stylonychia pustulata only three times, while at 15° there are fifteen pulsations per minute in each. At 10° above zero * the length of one pulsation in * Z
. Animal life as affected by the natural conditions of existence. Animal ecology. Fig. 28.—The Infusoria observed by Rossbach. a, Chilodon cueuUulus; b, Euplctes Charon ; c, Stylonychia pustululu. Highly magnified. ing of the temperature to 5° above freezing point (5° centigrade) has a quite different effect on the different species; thus, at this low temperature the vesicle of Chilodon cuctdhilus contracts seven times in a minute, that of Stylonychia pustulata only three times, while at 15° there are fifteen pulsations per minute in each. At 10° above zero * the length of one pulsation in * Zero, in the centigrade thermometer, is freezing point; 100° the boiling point of water at the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Semper, C. (Carl), 1832-1893. New York, D. Appleton and Co.
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