. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. n is Pigs. 12-18.—Pyura inflata, new species. 12, Right and left sides of body. On»- hai-f natubal size 13, outline of body showing muscle bands on mantle. one- half natural size. 14, medium-sized tentacle. x 15, dorsal tubercle and part of dorsal lamina. x 16, part of liver. x 35. 17, end of rectum showing anal lobes. x 8. 18, part of gonad. x 12. thin, tough, and parchmentlike, nearly smooth externally and of a yellowish white color. Outer layer of pedicel similar to the test covering the body; internally the pedicel is partly


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. n is Pigs. 12-18.—Pyura inflata, new species. 12, Right and left sides of body. On»- hai-f natubal size 13, outline of body showing muscle bands on mantle. one- half natural size. 14, medium-sized tentacle. x 15, dorsal tubercle and part of dorsal lamina. x 16, part of liver. x 35. 17, end of rectum showing anal lobes. x 8. 18, part of gonad. x 12. thin, tough, and parchmentlike, nearly smooth externally and of a yellowish white color. Outer layer of pedicel similar to the test covering the body; internally the pedicel is partly hollow, the re- mainder being filled with test substance of rather soft consistency. Mantle thin, very strongly adherent to the test. Conspicuous muscle bands are few, comprising only a few circular bands about the apertures (especially about the branchial aperture), and some rather short straight bands running in a dorso-ventral direction on each side of the body, but ending abruptly after extending about halfway down the sides. They are mostly gathered into groups 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 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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