Volume XVI L July, igoi. No. J. 



JOURNAL 



MORPHOLOGY. 



ON LQXOSOMA DAVENPORTI SP. NOV. 



AN ENDOPROCT FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 

 W. S. NICKERSON. 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



Introduction 351 



Orientation 352 



External Characteristics 352 



Morphology: 



Body- Wall and Modifications 353 



Musculature 359 



Parenchyma 361 



Digestive System 362 



Nervous System 363 



Reproductive System 364 



Excretory Organs 371 



Relation to other Species 373 



Material and Methods 373 



Summary 374 



Literature 376 



Explanation of Plates 377 



Introduction. 



All representatives of the genus Loxosoma heretofore stud- 

 ied have been European. One species has been mentioned 



351 



