DEVELOPMENT OF HYDRA 



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Fig. 50. 



Development of Hydra. A, the ovum filled with deutoplasts ; ec, 

 ectoderm of the parent Hydra; mg, mesogloea ; en, endoderm ; 

 B, blastula stage, in which some cells of the blastula wall are 

 passing in towards the interior ; blc, segmentation cavity or 

 blastocoele. C, the blastoccele nearly filled up by immigrant cells. 

 D, an embryo further developed with sh, an external spiny, and ski, 

 an internal protective case ; ec, ectoderm ; i, inner solid mass of 

 cells. E, the embryo still enclosed in its double protective case, 

 flattening itself out. F, the embryo creeping out of its protective 

 cases ; lettering as in A and D. G, the empty case after escape of 

 the embryo. (D, original ; the rest after Brauer.) 



