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siphons, in whose walls circular muscles are developed to 

 serve as sphincters of the openings. The branchial siphon 

 opens posteriorly into the branchial region of the digestive 



FIG. 283. FIGURE OF A TUNICATE, Heterotrema, REMOVED PROM THE TEST 



(after FIEDLER). 



A atrial pore. pc = peripharyugeal ciliated band. 

 an = anus. s = stomach. 



CG = cerebral ganglion. sn subneural gland. 



en endostyle. at branchial stigrna. 

 ex = excretory organs. t = testis. 



/ = intestine. vd = vas deferens. 



tract, the opening being known as the mouth, and usually 

 being surrounded by a number of tentacles (Fig. 283) which 

 arch over it. The atrial siphon, on the other hand, does not 

 open into the body proper but into a cavity, lined probably 



