. Text-fig. 20. Sycozoa anomala (St. 929): A, female zooid; B, abdomen of male zooid; C, brood pouch with embryos. The ovary (ov.) lies slightly behind the intestinal loop, but in contact with it, and bulges out from the abdomen to form a small sac-like projection recalling the condition in Distaplia. The ovaries examined contained a group of ova of various sizes. In male zooids the testis (t) is a rosette of six to ten wedge-shaped follicles contained in a projection from the abdomen similar to that accommodating the ovary in female zooids, but generally larger. The sperm duct (), a
. Text-fig. 20. Sycozoa anomala (St. 929): A, female zooid; B, abdomen of male zooid; C, brood pouch with embryos. The ovary (ov.) lies slightly behind the intestinal loop, but in contact with it, and bulges out from the abdomen to form a small sac-like projection recalling the condition in Distaplia. The ovaries examined contained a group of ova of various sizes. In male zooids the testis (t) is a rosette of six to ten wedge-shaped follicles contained in a projection from the abdomen similar to that accommodating the ovary in female zooids, but generally larger. The sperm duct (), arising from the centre of the rosette, loops back before passing forward beside the rectum (Text-fig. 20 B). Many of the female zooids had well-developed brood pouches (Text-fig. 20 C). These are rather short, strongly coiled, and usually contained from nine to eleven embryos.
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