. Report to the government of Baroda on the marine zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar . Marine animals. HORN ELL—THE PRESENCE OF SYMBIOTIC ALG^ IN MELIBE 147 apparently algal, were quantities of clear, ronndecl, colourless cells filled with refractive granules (Figs. 4 and 4a). The above notes were made during a rough examination of the living tissue. As I was greatly pressed for time, they are necessarily superficial; time and opportunity to carry the inquiry further have both been lacking. For some time I was unable to satisfy myself as to the nature of the organism. As the handful of its se
. Report to the government of Baroda on the marine zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar . Marine animals. HORN ELL—THE PRESENCE OF SYMBIOTIC ALG^ IN MELIBE 147 apparently algal, were quantities of clear, ronndecl, colourless cells filled with refractive granules (Figs. 4 and 4a). The above notes were made during a rough examination of the living tissue. As I was greatly pressed for time, they are necessarily superficial; time and opportunity to carry the inquiry further have both been lacking. For some time I was unable to satisfy myself as to the nature of the organism. As the handful of its separate masses was all in one diver's bag, I inferred that they had been grouped together when torn from their attachment by the diver, their sessile manner of growth being shown by the small discous scar which each bore. The apparently symbiotic conjunction of animal and plant (algal) tissues ])uzzlcd me, as did the lack of any indication of alimentary or other canal. Later, I was able to identify the masses as cerata from the dorsum of a large Nudibranch of the genus Melibe, the M. rangii of 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 Hornell, James, 1865-1949. London : Williams and Norgate
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