. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. CTENOPHORA. 24S and in its movements and curious appendages is one of the most wonderful of all the Jellyfishes. It is transpa- rent, and besides the eight rows of fringes mentioned above, it has two most extraordinary tentacles one on either side of the body ; and no form of expansion or contraction, or curve or spiral, can be conceived which these tentacles may not assume. Bolina and Idyia are other Ctenophora common on. Fig. 473. — Pleurobrachia. the northeast coast of the United States. The Rose- colored Idyia is three or four inches long, and shaped


. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. CTENOPHORA. 24S and in its movements and curious appendages is one of the most wonderful of all the Jellyfishes. It is transpa- rent, and besides the eight rows of fringes mentioned above, it has two most extraordinary tentacles one on either side of the body ; and no form of expansion or contraction, or curve or spiral, can be conceived which these tentacles may not assume. Bolina and Idyia are other Ctenophora common on. Fig. 473. — Pleurobrachia. the northeast coast of the United States. The Rose- colored Idyia is three or four inches long, and shaped. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co


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