. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. Fig. 126. â Eucope diaphana. ^â Fig-. 127. â Lizzia grata. Magnified. weight and substance, and when their transparency is not per- ceived, and their whole mass is aglow with phosphorescent light, they have an appearance of solidity which is most strik- ing when they are lifted out of the water and flow down the sides of the net. The larger acalephs bring with them a dim spreading halo of light, and look like pale phantoms wan- dering about far below the surface; the smaller ctenophores become little shining
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. Fig. 126. â Eucope diaphana. ^â Fig-. 127. â Lizzia grata. Magnified. weight and substance, and when their transparency is not per- ceived, and their whole mass is aglow with phosphorescent light, they have an appearance of solidity which is most strik- ing when they are lifted out of the water and flow down the sides of the net. The larger acalephs bring with them a dim spreading halo of light, and look like pale phantoms wan- dering about far below the surface; the smaller ctenophores become little shining spheres, while a thousand lesser creatures add their tiny lamps to the illumination of the ocean. Al] this phosphorescence is seen to greatest advantage on a. 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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