. Fig. 2.—One of the polyps of Rhabdopleura which is attached by its soft contractile stalk (c) to the dark internal cord seen in Fig. I. A similar polyp issues during life from the open end of each of the upright tubes seen in Fig. i, and is, when disturbed, pulled back into the tube by the contraction of the cord c. a, mouth ; b, vent; c, contractile stalk ; d, head-shield or disk ; e, the left gill-plane ; f, the body-mass enclosing the intestine, etc. (From a drawing made by the author in Lervik, Stordo, in 1882.) For a full account of Rhabdopleura, see the " Quart. Journal of Microsc
. Fig. 2.—One of the polyps of Rhabdopleura which is attached by its soft contractile stalk (c) to the dark internal cord seen in Fig. I. A similar polyp issues during life from the open end of each of the upright tubes seen in Fig. i, and is, when disturbed, pulled back into the tube by the contraction of the cord c. a, mouth ; b, vent; c, contractile stalk ; d, head-shield or disk ; e, the left gill-plane ; f, the body-mass enclosing the intestine, etc. (From a drawing made by the author in Lervik, Stordo, in 1882.) For a full account of Rhabdopleura, see the " Quart. Journal of Microscopical Science," vol. xxiv., 1S84.
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