



Microns 



150 



Figure 271. — Cross section of a surface follicle from a fully developed ovary of C. virginica. Germinal epithelium is 

 formed by cells at different stages of ovogenesis and by small undifferentiated cells. Bouin, hematoxylin-eosin. 





K 



Ml 



100 



Figure 272. — Photomicrograph of an obhque section of a ripe ovary of C. virginica shortly before spawning. Bouin, 



hematoxylin-eosin. 



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301 



