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deuce with this, segmentation is complete but unequal, the morula 

 consisting of an upper hemisphere of small cells or micromeres 

 (Fig. 813, mi. m.), free from yolk, and of a lower hemisphere of 

 large cells or megameres (mg.m.), containing much yolk. In the 

 blastula stage (D) the 

 segmentation-cavity or 

 blastocoale (bid.) is 

 situated nearer to the 

 upper than to the 

 lower pole. A trans- 

 verse semilunar groove 

 appears which is 

 bounded by a promi- 

 nent rim towards the 

 future dorsal and 

 anterior side : this 

 is the blastopore 

 (blp.). The megameres become gradually enclosed by the micro- 

 meres as a result of a process which is partly invagination, 

 partly epiboly. During this process the segmentation-cavity 

 becomes displaced by the archenteron. The dorsal and ventral 



. si Petromyzon marinus. The urinogenital sinus 

 with posterior end of intestine and part of left kidney. 

 a. anus ; int. intestine ; k. left kidney ; r. rectum 

 ti.g.p. urinogenital papilla ; u.g.s. urinogenital sinus ; 

 itr. left ureter ; x, x', apertures of ureters into urinogeni- 

 tal sinus ; y, bristle passed into right genital pore ; 

 z, bristle passed from urinogenital aperture into sinus. 

 (From Parker's Zootomy.) 



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FIG. 813. Petromyzon. A and B, two stages in segmentation ; f , early embryo from the 

 posterior aspect ; D, section of blastula stage ; E, section of gastruhi stage, blp. blastopore ; 

 bid. blastocoele or segmentation-cavity ; k. keel ; mg. m. megameres ; mi. in. micromeres. 

 (After Shipley and Kupffer.) 



walls of the latter, unlike those of the archenteron of Amphioxus, 

 differ widely from one another, the ventral wall being composed 

 of a thick mass of yolk-cells (megameres), while the roof is com- 

 paratively thin and consists of two or three layers of rounded 



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