344 ' BRACHI0NU5. 



367- BRACHIONUS plicatilis. 



Brachionus univalvis, terta oblonj^a, apfce cre- 

 nulata, bafi einarginata, cauda longa bicufpi. Tab, 

 L Fig. 1—8' 



Valdc rcfcrt Briich. Urceolnrem , at duplo fcre major, 

 ventricofior & marinus cft, dcinesque tcRa; iinn acuminati, nec 

 rigidi, lubplicatilcs vcro & obtuilufculi, margo dchmc potius 

 crcnulatus , <juam dcntatus dici meremr. 



Tefla, potius membrana flexilis dicenda, ab utroque late- 

 re introiKim plicata, fovcam longitudmaleni fnrmat; huic ani- 

 makulum injaccns opc tcndinum paraliclarum & transvcriaruin 

 organa antica foris protrudit & reducit ; redutlis organis margo 

 membranx anticus crcnuHs fex incifus, ac infra hunc alius cre- 

 Bulis obtufioribus & paucioribus confpicitur; Caput animalculi 

 inter dupliccm hunc margincm protrudi & retrahi credidi, a^ 

 inicnfius obfcrvanti in utrumquc incumbcrc vidcbatur. Caput 

 feu pars antica animalculi admirabilis & inextricabilis flruclurK 

 efi:: medio coliiculis rnbus clcvantur totidem falciculi ptlorum, 

 horum intcrmcdius fafciculus rccle protcnfus cft, l.ueralcs vcro 

 vcrfus mcdium connivcnt, fa'pc untiniformcs, a bafi hujus ap- 

 p iratus utrinquc porrigimtur a!ii pili extrorfum procumbcntcs. 

 His organis pilifcris, vcl finguhs ieorfim, vcl omnibus ilmul, 

 varic micat animalculum turbinemque in guttula uti congcncres 

 exagitat. In corporis corrugati medio infra difta organa mu- 

 fculus deglutorius mobiUs fcu potius maxiUa: dux connivcntcs ^j^ 



ccntro conjunQionis nigro; hoc, quoties maxiilx fcccdunt, 

 puncla duo, quotiesquc uniuntur, uniium majus nigrum offcrt. 

 Kafln vcrfus vcficulae trcs vclplures pellucentcs molccula nigra, 

 qux ovulavidcntur. Membrana communis bafi emarginata; ex 

 incifura porrigitur cauda, uti in Brach. Urceolnri, produQi- 

 lis & corrcptilis, tercs, inartitulata, mucronibus binis compres- 



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