Note 30 — Chapter II
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The best instance of what appears like a polar cell in Arthropoda is a body recently found by Grobben (“Entwicklungsgeschichte d. Moina rectirostris.” Claus’ Arbeiten, Vol. II., Wien, 1879) near the surface of the protoplasm at the animal pole of the summer and parthenogenetic eggs of Moina rectirostris, one of the Cladocera. The body stains deeply with carmine, but differs from normal polar cells in not being separated from the ovum; and its identification as a polar cell must remain doubtful till it has been shewn to originate from the germinal vesicle.