IV 



PHYLUM CCELENTERATA 



similar to that which has been described in the case of 

 Amelia, with a fixed scyphistoma stage ; but in others the 

 ciliated larvse developed from the ova give rise directly to 



i.r. 



frr.t 



FIG. S3.- Tessera princeps. A, external view; B, vertical section; g. /, gastric 

 filament; gon, gonad; i.r.t, tentacle; mnb, manubrium; mth, mouth; p.r.t, 

 tentacle: j^, stomach; tn, taeniole or gastric ridge. Antarctic Ocean. (After 

 Haeckel.) 



jellyfishes like the parent, without the intercalation of any 

 fixed stage. 



The Scyphozoa are all marine, and the majority are 

 pelagic, i.e., swim freely in the surface waters of the ocean, 

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