. Elements of Comparative Anatomy. Fig. 107. Transverse section through the arm and disc of Solastercndcca. The radial and the interradial portions are figured on opposite sides. o Mouth. V Stomachal cavity, c Kadial c«ca. g Genital gland, m Madreporic plate, s Stone. canal with its so-called heart. ^3 Ambulacral feet (after G. 0. Sars). Luidia) the stomach is always a blind sac, as it is also in Brisinga. But in all Asteroi'da it is provided with diverticula or caecal saccular appendages, which are indicated in the Ophiurida by radial constrictions. The gastric ceeca of the Asterida extend in
. Elements of Comparative Anatomy. Fig. 107. Transverse section through the arm and disc of Solastercndcca. The radial and the interradial portions are figured on opposite sides. o Mouth. V Stomachal cavity, c Kadial c«ca. g Genital gland, m Madreporic plate, s Stone. canal with its so-called heart. ^3 Ambulacral feet (after G. 0. Sars). Luidia) the stomach is always a blind sac, as it is also in Brisinga. But in all Asteroi'da it is provided with diverticula or caecal saccular appendages, which are indicated in the Ophiurida by radial constrictions. The gastric ceeca of the Asterida extend in pairs into the arms; they spring from the stomach, and have the form of thin-walled tubes, closely beset with lateral appendages (Figs. 107, cj 108, h), which as a rule are united by pairs into one canal before they open into the stomach. This tract represents an unpaired por- tion of the enteron belonging to each antimere (arm) of the Asteroi'da, while the caecal tubes form a paired por- tion. In Astropecten auran- tiacus these tubes arise sepa- rately from the stomach. The unpaired portion in each arm has therefore disappeared in this form, and with it the primitive condition. Inmost of the Asterida the short hind-gut is continued from the stomach to the anus, which is placed on the dorsal surface. The enteric tube of the Crinoida(Comatula)is modified; it describes a spiral coil, and its narrower short tei'minal portion passes into a tubular and projecting anus, which is placed interradially near the mouth. This coiled arrangement, which is apparently very anomalous^. Fig. 108. Asteriscus verruculatus: opened on the dorsal surface. a Anus. i Eosette-shaped enlarged enteron (stomach). h Tubular radial appendages of the enteron. g Genital 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 Gegenbaur,
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