. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). . Fig. 6. Cytaeis nuda sp. n.; a female medusa bud ; del. H. Daba. Fig. 7. Cytaeis nuda sp. n. ; a newly liberated female medusa ; del. H. Daba. the manubrium for the greater part of its length and was best developed inter- radially. At Uberation, the medusa was almost mature and the gonad possessed a small number of large eggs with prominent nuclei. The description can be summarized as foUows ; Hydroid. Hj'drorhiza, forming a reticulate non-annulated network, with peri- sarc feebly developed embedded in the tissues of a sponge. Hydranths, cy
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). . Fig. 6. Cytaeis nuda sp. n.; a female medusa bud ; del. H. Daba. Fig. 7. Cytaeis nuda sp. n. ; a newly liberated female medusa ; del. H. Daba. the manubrium for the greater part of its length and was best developed inter- radially. At Uberation, the medusa was almost mature and the gonad possessed a small number of large eggs with prominent nuclei. The description can be summarized as foUows ; Hydroid. Hj'drorhiza, forming a reticulate non-annulated network, with peri- sarc feebly developed embedded in the tissues of a sponge. Hydranths, cyUndrical with six to eight filiform tentacles around a conical hypostome, arising from anasto- moses in the hydrorhiza. Hydranths project from surface of sponge and are at least 0-5 mm. long. Medusa buds borne singly on pedicels from the hydrorhiza. Medusa. Newly-hberated $ medusa with deep, beU-shaped umbrella with four radial canals, four perradial bulbs without oceUi and with four filiform tentacles. Stomach fusiform with simple mouth, four simple oral capitate tentacles. Gonad best developed interradiaUy, with a few large eggs, almost mature at liberation. Type locality. Hayama, Sagami Bay, Japan in a sponge on the gastropod Fusinus perplexus (A. Adams).. 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 British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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