. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 84 BULLETIN" 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Cat. No. 6627, (solitary form), Albatross station I). 5162, Sulu Archipelago, Tawi Tawi Island; February 22, 1908; surface; surface temperature, 80° F.; surface density, ; two specimens. Cat. No. 6556, (aggregated form), Philippines; surface; one specimen. SALPA MAXIMA, solitary form. The characteristic shape of the body is well shown in figure 64. The ventral half of the test is comparatively thick and firm. The nine body muscles are limited to the dorsal half of
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 84 BULLETIN" 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Cat. No. 6627, (solitary form), Albatross station I). 5162, Sulu Archipelago, Tawi Tawi Island; February 22, 1908; surface; surface temperature, 80° F.; surface density, ; two specimens. Cat. No. 6556, (aggregated form), Philippines; surface; one specimen. SALPA MAXIMA, solitary form. The characteristic shape of the body is well shown in figure 64. The ventral half of the test is comparatively thick and firm. The nine body muscles are limited to the dorsal half of the body. Each is entirely independent. KjEJ?^ W Y IT wr j Fig. 64.—Salpa maxima, solitary form, seen from the right side. Natural size. (Drawn by Hoyt S. Hopkins.) Most of my specimens agree with StreifT's in the character of the oral musculature. (Fig. 65.) This shows the condition in my Medi- terranean and Atlantic speci- hM. in Streiff's material. u-3 -i- In another of my specimens, from an unknown locality, the conditions are as in figure 64. In this individual the ventral end of the intermediate mus- cle is separated from the rest of the muscle. This specimen also has no ventral oral re- tractor, such as is shown by Streiff, connected anteriorly with dorsal sphincters 2 and 3 and ventral sphincter 2. None of this muscle is present except the postero-ventral end, which is entirely uncon- nected. It lies behind the ./ .... 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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