. The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph. Sea squirts; Tunicata. 54 BRITISH TUNICATA. rather stout, yellowish brown or nearly colourless, set ^ e/ *^ with short, stout fibrils to which the sand adheres. Mn a tie transparent, of a purple or lilac colour, showing the viscera through, especially the ovaries, which form white crescent-shaped double lines on each side. Ten- tacular filaments bipinnate, alternately large and small. Branch iul *ac with six deep folds on each side, the meshes spirally but irregularly FIG. 42.—Test of Molgula siphonata. One and a half nattiral size.
. The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph. Sea squirts; Tunicata. 54 BRITISH TUNICATA. rather stout, yellowish brown or nearly colourless, set ^ e/ *^ with short, stout fibrils to which the sand adheres. Mn a tie transparent, of a purple or lilac colour, showing the viscera through, especially the ovaries, which form white crescent-shaped double lines on each side. Ten- tacular filaments bipinnate, alternately large and small. Branch iul *ac with six deep folds on each side, the meshes spirally but irregularly FIG. 42.—Test of Molgula siphonata. One and a half nattiral size. Length, including the tubes, [an inch and a quarter to] an inch and a half; breadth nearly the same but variable. Hab.—Coralline zone. ENGLAND.—Cullercoats and Xewbiggin, Northumb., where it is occasionally brought in on the fishermen's lines (Aider $• Hancock). Torbay, Devon (Alder). First record.—Alder, 1850. Molipda xiphoiuita is generally found attached to the slender stems of flexible zoophytes from the coralline zone, and is not infrequently partially concealed by. 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 Alder, Joshua, 1792-1867; Hancock, Albany, 1806-1873; Hopkinson, John, 1844-1919; Norman, Alfred Merle, 1831-1918; Embleton, Dennis, 1810-1900. London, Printed for the Ray society
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