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The Cubomedusæ

Part 3 — TABLE OF REFERENCE LETTERS.

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afr = adradial furrow.

afr´ = furrow in Tripedalia that separates perradial from interrad. regions in lower half of bell. (In Charybdea the same furrow is directly continuous with afr.)

ax = axis of nerve.

c = concretion.

cc = canal underneath ivl, connecting the two adjacent marginal pockets.

ccl = circular canal.

ci = cilia.

cm = circular muscle.

co = cornea.

cp = capsule of lens.

cs = covering scale of niche.

csc = canal of sensory club.

ct = canal of tentacle.

ct´ = beginning of canals of lateral tentacles in Tripedalia.

ec = ectoderm.

ece = ectoderm of exumbrella.

ecs = ectoderm of subumbrella.

ed = distal paired eye.

el = larger unpaired eye.

en = endoderm.

enc = endoderm of sensory club.

enf = tract of nerve fibres underlying endoderm.

enfl = endoderm of floor of stomach.

enp = endoderm of stomach pockets.

enr = endoderm of roof of stomach.

ens = endoderm of stomach.

ep = proximal paired eye.

es = smaller unpaired eye.

fc = funnel leading into canal of sensory clubs.

fp = fibre from subepithelial plexus of subumbrella.

fph = filaments of phacellus.

frn = frenulum.

ft = funnel-shaped depression in ectoderm axial to base of tentacle.

g = gelatine.

gc = ganglion cell.

ge = gelatine of exumbrella.

go = gastric ostium.

gs = gelatine of subumbrella.

hvl = horizontal vascular lamella.

i = interradius.

if = interradial funnel of bell cavity.

ifr = interradial furrow.

ivl = interradial vascular lamella.

l = lens.

lv = lip of valve.

m = bell margin.

mc = mucous cell.

mep = mesogonial pocket.

mo = mouth.

mp = marginal pocket.

mp´ = smaller marginal pockets, in Tripedalia.

mst = muscle of stock of sensory club.

mt = muscle at base of tentacle.

n = nerve.

nc = network cells, in sensory club.

nf = nerve fibres.

nm = nematocyst.

nst = nerve of stalk of sensory club.

osn = outline of sensory niche.

p = perradius.

pe = pedalium.

ph = phacellus.

pr = proboscis.

r = reproductive organ.

rc = remains of concretion.

rcl = radial canal.

rg = radial ganglion.

rm = radial muscle.

rn = radial nerve.

rns = root of nerve of sensory club.

rs? = remains of stalk (?) of sensory organ.

rt = retina.

s = stomach.

sc = bell cavity.

scl = sensory club.

scn = supporting cell of nerve.

se = sensory epithelium.

sh = shrinkage space.

sl = stalk of lens.

sla = supporting lamella.

sn = sensory niche.

so = sensory organ in proboscis of Tripedalia.

sp = stomach pocket.

sph = stalk of phacellus.

ss = stalk of sensory organ, in proboscis.

st = stalk of sensory club.

su = suspensorium.

sub = subumbrella.

tl = lateral tentacle.

tm = median tentacle.

v = velarium.

va = vacuole.

vb = vitreous body.

vc = velar canals.

ve = edge of velarium.

vfs = visual fibres, according to Schewiakoff.

vg = valve of gastric ostium.

vl = vascular lamella.

vlc = vascular lamella connecting vls with vlm.

vlm = vascular lamella of margin.

vls = vascular lamella of sensory niche.

vlst = vascular lamella of sensory niche at base of stalk.

wc = wandering cells.

w-x-y-z = successive levels of Figs. 40-43 on Fig. 5.

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