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APPENDIX. 



CLASSIFICATION OF RABENHORST AND FLUGGE. 



GEKEEA. 



B. 



APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III. (p. 131). 



MICROCOCCUS OF PHOSPHORESCENCE. 



The phosphorescence of the sea is due to the presence 

 of Noctilucce, protozoaria of the group of Flagellata, which 

 come to the surface in stormy weather. Many other 

 marine animals present the same phenomenon. The 

 phosphorescence of rotten fish is due to the presence of 

 a special micrococcus which forms large circular zoogloeje. 

 The same micrococcus also appears on putrefied meat 

 and imparts to it a phosphorescent light. 



