CHONDRACANTHUS GIBBOSUS. 



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the vulva. The lower part of the oviduct contains a clear 

 gelatinous substance, and is very similar in aspect to the ce- 

 ment duct of a cirripede ; this substance is secreted by the 



Fig. Ql.—Chondracanthus gibbosus.—Temale: J., lateral view. B, ventral view, en- 

 larged: a. head; b, c, appendages ; d, median dorsal process ; e, median ventral 

 processes '; /, i, 7i, lateral processes; £, terminal segment; I, male ; g, ovisacs ; 

 m, n, medio-dorsal ovarian tubes ; p, lateral ovarian tubes ; o, oviduct. 2, 3, an- 

 tennules ; 4, 5, 6, antennae, gnatbites. 



walls of the oviduct, and forms the walls of the ovigerous sac. 

 The latter, as has been stated, has the form of a long cylin- 

 drical filament, the upper end of which is firmly held between 

 the prominent lips of the vulva (Fig. 62, x). 



The male Chondracanthus does not attain to a twelfth the 

 length of the female, and looks, at first, like a papilla upon 



