. St. Nicholas [serial] . DAPHNIA (MAGNIFIED).. THE EYE OF THE DAPHNIA (GREATLY MAGNIFIED). A large number ofother small animalsknown as crustaceans,besides Daphnia, have asingle eye in the middleof the head; and sincein some cases the eye isdumb-bell-shaped, thisis taken as an indicationthat the eye is in realitya pair which have growntogether to form a singleorgan. One of the com-monest of these one-eyedforms is called Cyclops,after the huge giantwhom the Greek hero Ulysses outwitted socleverly, although the similarity lies rather inthe possession of a single eye than in the size;for while C
. St. Nicholas [serial] . DAPHNIA (MAGNIFIED).. THE EYE OF THE DAPHNIA (GREATLY MAGNIFIED). A large number ofother small animalsknown as crustaceans,besides Daphnia, have asingle eye in the middleof the head; and sincein some cases the eye isdumb-bell-shaped, thisis taken as an indicationthat the eye is in realitya pair which have growntogether to form a singleorgan. One of the com-monest of these one-eyedforms is called Cyclops,after the huge giantwhom the Greek hero Ulysses outwitted socleverly, although the similarity lies rather inthe possession of a single eye than in the size;for while Cyclops the famous giant waded farout in the ocean after the ships of Ulysses,Cyclops the crustacean would feel quite athome in a teaspoonful of water. The latter isfound everywhere in fresh-water ponds, and maybe recognized by its rounded body and taper-ing tail, and, in many cases, by the two egg-sacs, which are often attached to the sides ofthe body in the female. A relative of Cyclops,found also in fresh water, though not so com-monly, bear
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