PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA 



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flattened nucleated corpuscles containing a red colouring matter 

 haemoglobin almost identical with that which gives the red 

 colour to the blood of the higher animals. 



gen oft 

 S^_ rcui ass 



inter oss 

 yen.dU' 



can 

 int ves 





FIG. 334. Internal organs of a Holothurian as ieen when the body-wall is divided along 

 the middle of the dorsal surface, b. w. body-wall ; circ. mus. circular layer of muscle ; 

 cl. cloaca ; cl. op. cloacal opening ; cuv. org. Cuvieran organs ; gen. op. genital aperture ; 

 gen. du. genital duct ; gen. gl. gonad ; int. intestine ; inter, oss. inter-ambulacral ossicles ; 

 int. ves. intestinal haemal strands ; long. mus. longitudinal band of muscle ; mad. can. 

 madreporic canal ; mes. mesentery ; pol. yes. Polian vesicle ; rad. amb. radial ambulacral 

 vessel ; rad. oss. ambulacral ossicles : ri. bl. ves. ring strand of haemal system ; resp. 

 respiratory trees ; ring-ves. ring-vessel of the ambulacral system ; stom. stomach. (After 

 Leuckart.) 



The enteric canal is, as already mentioned, surrounded at its 

 oral extremity by the circlet of tentacles, and within these, when 

 they are fully exserted, is a narrow peristome with the mouth in 



