ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SPINES 45 



Some of the Infusoria have terminal spiniform processes, 

 which, by analogy with other forms, have probably developed 

 according to I; as Ceratium tripos^ C. longicorne,^ Cfusus.^ 



The apertural spines on some of the graptolites are on the 

 most exposed portions of the hydrotheca; as in Monograptus 

 spinir/ertis,^^ Dieranograptus Nicholsoni,^^ Metiograptvs tenta- 

 culatus, and Graptolithus qiiadrimucronatus. In many com- 

 pound corals the corallites are polygonal from crowding, and 

 the most exposed portions, the angles of the calicos, often 

 bear spines; as Favosites spinigerus,^^ Callopora exsul,^'^ etc. 

 The spines on the septa and costse of corals probably originate 

 by intrinsic forces (B), since they are internal growths not 

 influenced directly by external stimuli. 



The spines on the ventral sacs of Crinoidea are usually 

 terminal, and in the most exposed situations; as in iScg- 

 talocrinus validus^^^ Dorgcrinus unicornis,^^ Aulocrinus Agas- 

 sizi,^^ etc. 



The anterior and posterior pairs or rows of spines on the 

 loricfe of some species of Rotatoria are in the most exposed 

 places; as in Anurcea squamula, Noteus quadricornis, etc. 

 The spinules on the tubes of Spirorhis are usually developed 

 after it rises above the object of support so as to be exposed 

 on all sides; as Spirorhis spinuUferus.^^ 



The spinules at the corners of tlie angular cell ajDcrtures 

 of many Bryozoa are in the most exposed situations, and 

 probably arise through external stimuli; as in Trematopora 

 echinata,^ T. spiculata,^^ etc. The large marginal spines of 

 the brachiopod Atrgpa hgstrix^^ probably owe their excessive 

 development to external stimuli, though the phylogeny of 

 the species shows that the spines first originated through the 

 differentiation of the radiate and concentric ornaments. 



In man}- pelec^-pods the siphonal region receives a great 

 amount of stimulus, and the post umbonal slope is the part 

 most exposed. Along this slope are found many of the 

 spines, and generally the greatest differentiation of ornament. 

 Examples of spines on post-umbonal slopes may be seen in 

 Callista suhlamellosa and young Saxicava arctica (figure 27). 



