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Identifier: medusaeofworld02mayo (find matches)
Title: Medusae of the world
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922 Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922
Subjects: Jellyfishes Cnidaria
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Carnegie institution of Washington
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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TRACHYMEDUSjE LIRIOPE. 415 stomach-walls has taken place. The growth of the bell-walls causes the 4 original, solid,radially placed tentacles to project from the sides of the exumbrella above the margin andthey usually break off and are lost. Before the loss of the 4 primary tentacles, however, 4hollow, marginal tentacles grow out in the radii of the 4 radial-canals and 4 solid interradialtentacles develop. The medusa thus develops 12 tentacles, only 8 of which are commonlyretained until maturity, although some individuals retain their 4 primary, radial tentacles
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Fig. 267.—A, B, C, Liriope mucronata, showing successive stages in growth of medusa from z to10 mm. in diameter. D, Young Geryonia proboscidalis, 3 mm. in diameter. From life, by theauthor, Zoological Station, Naples, December, 1907. until they are half-grown medusa?. To recapitulate, these 12 tentacles are: 4 original, solid,exumbral, radially placed tentacles+ 4 secondary, hollow, marginal, radial tentacles+ 4 solid,marginal, interradial tentacles. Mature medusa? are often found with only the 4 hollow, radialtentacles remaining, the 8 others having been cast off. 416 MEDUSAE OF THE WORLD. Liriope mucronata is the common Liriope of the Mediterranean, being abundant through-out the year at Naples. It is usually colorless. The peduncle flares widely at its base, but isvery narrow and only slightly tapering in the greater part of its length. The elongate, heart-shaped gonads are slightly narrower than the spaces between them. The measurements

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