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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



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Fig. 23. — Diagrammatic longitudinal section of Ascidia, showing the heart, the blood-vessels, the branchial sac, 

 the alimentary canal, &c. , from the left side. 



.si., branchial siphon ; at. si., atrial siphon ; t., test ; TO., mantle ; br.s., branchial sac ; p.br., peribronchial cavity ; cl., cloaca ; n.g., 

 nerve ganglion ; In., tentacle ; gl., neural gland ; ce.a., oesophageal aperture ; St., stomach ; i., intestine ; r., rectum ; a., anus ; cm., 

 genital organs ; g.d., genital ducts ; h., heart; c.sp., cardio-splanchnic vessel ; v.t., vessel to the test; t.k., terminal knob on vessel 

 in test ; v.t!., vessel from the test ; v. St., vessel to the stomach, &c. ; v.m., vessel to the mantle ; v.m!., vessel from the mantle •, d.v., 

 dorsal vessel ; tr., transverse vessel of branchial sac; l.v., fine longitudinal vessel of branchial sac ; «</., stigmata of branchial sac ; 

 v.v., ventral vessel ; br.c, branchio-cardiac vessel ; sp.br., splanchno-branchial vessel. 



