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ZOOLOGY 



SECT. 



general level of the blastoderm ; this is the rudiment of the 

 mantle. On the surface of this is developed a depression which 

 subsequently forms a closed sac the shell-gland (Fig. 659, sh. gl.). 

 Below the mantle i.e. nearer the vegetal pole appear two eleva- 

 tions each with a pit-4ike depression, the rudiments of the eyes ; 

 and still nearer the vegetal pole a series of paired elevations, 

 the rudiments of the arms. 



After the complete enclosure of the yolk by the blastoderm, the 

 mouth (mo.} is developed as an oval depression between the rudi- 

 ments of the eyes. Immediately in front of the edge of the mantle 

 appear two short ridges, the beginnings of the gills (cten.), and a pair 

 of folds the posterior funnel folds (post. f. f. ) which are formed 

 between these and the eyes are the first rudiments of the funnel ; 



FIG. 658. Sections through the edge of the blastoderm of Sepia at three successive stages 

 II. blastoderm ; yk. yolk ; yk. cp, yolk epithelium. (From Korschelt and Heider, afte 

 Vialleton.) 



the greater part of which, however, is formed from a second pair 

 of folds the anterior funnel folds (ant.f. f.) developed further 

 forwards. Behind the anterior funnel folds appear two pit-like 

 depressions, which subsequently develop into the otocysts. 



The elevations on which the eyes (eye) are situated become 

 more and more prominent. The eyes themselves are formed 

 from a part only of these elevations ; each is a pit which sub- 

 sequently becomes closed to form a vesicle the optic vesicle: 

 later an ingrowth of the ectoderm over this gives rise to 

 the lens. 



The embryo covers only a part of the egg, and as it develops, it 

 withdraws itself more towards the animal pole, at which the 

 germinal disc was originally situated, a constriction, which soon 

 becomes very deep, separating it off from the rest of the egg ; the 



