NOCTILUCA. H 



test. The living animals are green or brown owing to the pres- 

 ence of chromatophores in the protoplasm. 



2. Note the furrow encircling the body. Does it extend 

 completely around it? Is there a short furrow on one side at 

 right angles to the first, or a depression of considerable size? 

 Understand the position of the flagella. 



Draw the animal, showing the points observed. 



Look for examples of the earlier stages of division, and of 

 later stages, which appear as chains of fully formed individuals 

 attached together. 



Kofoid: Exuviation, Autotomy, and Regeneration in Ceratium. Univ. 



Calif., Pub. 4, 1908. 

 : The Free Living Unarmored Dinoflagellates. Mem. Univ. Calif. 



Pub., vol. 5, 1921. 



NOCTILUCA. 



If living specimens are not to be had for study, material 

 preserved in alcohol, after suitable fixation, can be used. Spec- 

 imens are best examined in a cell-slide under a cover-glass. 



1. Observe the nearly globular shape, and on one side a groove 

 from which arises a large flagellum or '' tentacle." Is there a deep 

 groove near it ? At the bottom of this groove it is possible to see 

 the mouth in a living specimen. Another smaller flagellum is 

 visible in living specimens inserted at the bottom of the mouth, 

 but in preserving the organism it is usually destroyed. 



2. Note the appearance of the preserved protoplasm. The 

 endoplasm appears parenchymatous. At one point a more com- 

 pact mass is seen, from which strands appear to radiate. This 

 has been found to contain the nucleus. 



Noctiluca is phosphorescent, and frequently causes very bril- 

 liant displays. 



Make a drawing. 



Calkins: Nuclear Division in Noctiluca. Jour. Morph., 15, 1899. 

 Kofoid; Craspedotella. Bull. Mus., Harvard, 4G, 1905. 



