216 GLOSSARY. 



Manubrium. The projection at the end of which the mouth is situated in 

 medusae. 



Marginal lappers. Small flaps of tissue near the sense organs of Dis- 

 comedusse. 



Mastax. A division of the alimentary canal of a rotifer. 



Maxilla. One of the mouth appendages of arthropods. 



Medusa. Jelly-fish; the sexual stage of certain hydroids. 



Membranells. Structures formed of fused cilia found in some Ciliata. 



Meropod. The fourth segment from the body of a crustacean leg. 



Mesenteric filament. The modified free edge of a mesentery of Actino- 

 zoa. 



Mesentery. A membrane that supports the intestine; one of the par- 

 titions of Actinozoa. 



Mesoglea. The jelly-like substance that separates the ectoderm and 

 endoderm of a coelenterate. 



Metamere. One of the serial body-segments of an animal, as in annelids. 



Metamorphosis. A change, especially in form, of an animal. 



Metapleural fold. One of a pair of folds on the sides of Amphioxus. 



Micronucleus. The smaller of the two nuclei of some Protozoa. 



Monilifonn. Resembling a string of beads. 



Monoecious. Sexes united in one individual. 



Mouth. The opening through which food is taken. 



Myoneme. A contractile fiber. See Vorticella. 



Nacre. The inner layer of a mollusk shell. 



Nematocyst. A weapon of a coelenterate; nettle cell. 



Nephridiopore. The external opening of a nephridium. 



Nephrostome. The inner opening of a nephridium. 



Nerve commissure. A nerve connecting two ganglia of a pair. 



Nerve connective. A nerve connecting two ganglia not of a pair. 



Nettle cell. Nematocyst; a weapon of a ccelenterate. 



Neur op odium. The ventral division of a parapodium of an annelid. 



Nidamental gland. An accessory reproductive gland possessed by some 



females, especially gastropods and cephalopods. 

 Notochord. A supporting structure characteristic of Chordata. 

 Notopodium. The dorsal division of a parapodium of an annelid. 

 Nuchal groove. A groove in the neck. 

 Nucleus. An organ of a cell. 



Odontophore. A special structure in the mouth of most mollusca except 

 lamellibranchs. The name is applied to the whole structure, cartilage, 

 radula and muscles. (It is used by some authors as the equivalent 

 of radula.) 



