MOSS ANIMALS 3397 



is well provided with muscles, and is attached by means of its foot or sucker-like 

 end, to the point chosen by the animal, so as to be fixed by the probably viscid 



A FIXED MOSS ANIMAL (Loxosoma) WITH LATERAL BUDS (X2do). a. Stock ; b. Swarm larva 



(xioo). 



secretion of a large pedal gland. The whole animal is more or less transparent, and 

 leads a retired life in the sea, often hidden in the cavities of horny sponges. Al- 



