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becomes changed by assumption of fluid or by vacuo- 

 liza'tion of the inner cells, and a hollow sphere is formed, 

 the blastula, surrounded on all sides by a single layer of 

 blastomeres. 



The eggs of the invertebrates always form blastulae, 

 some of which are ciliated, free-swimming, and self- 

 sustaining larval forms. Such are called monoblastic 

 larva. They are typically centro-symmetric, the hollow 

 centre being known as the archicele or blastocele, the 

 cellular layer as the archiblast. The sponges have 

 larvae of this form. 



Holoblastic eggs of higher animals, having formed 

 a blastula, next undergo a peculiar invagination through 



SECTION OF GASTRULA. 



Archenteron -*ffi^ SECTION OF PLANULA.. 



EpiblasHgj Hypoblast 



Hypoblast-^ jj 



Epiblast 



FIG. 84. Section of gastrula. (Masterman.) 

 FIG. 85. Section of planula. (Masterman.) 



the ascent of the vegetative pole of the blastula layer, 

 until it comes into contact with the cells of the animal 

 pole. The invaginated blastula thus comes to resemble 

 a hollow ball one side of which has been pressed in 

 against the other. The result of the invagination is 

 that the embryo now consists of a double layer of cells, 

 surrounding a new cavity formed by the invagination, 

 while the original segmentation cavity has virtually 

 been extinguished. The embryo is now called a gas- 

 trula, and is diploblastic, because it consists of an outer 

 layer of cells, the ectoderm or epiblast, and an inner 

 layer, the entoderm or hypoblast. The cavity formed by 

 the invagination is now known as the archenteron, and 

 becomes more and more enclosed by increase in the 



