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which is the centre for the formation of the gemmule. Here they 

 heeome massed together so as to form a spherical lump. Other 

 wandering cells with less yolk follow after them and form a layer 



Fig. 25. — Longitudinal sections of Araphiblastula larva, just fixed larva, and young 

 sponge of Leucosolenia variabilis. (After Minchin. ) 



A, free-swimming larva. B, Just fixed stage. C, young sponge four days old ; cent, central cells ; 

 fl, flagellated cells ; gr, granular cells ; int, intermediate cells : I, lens ; pig, pigmented cells. 



surrounding them, in which the indi^vidual cells, as a consequence of 

 mutual pressure, assume a columnar form. The investment is for a 

 considerable time not quite complete, and an opening therefore exists. 

 In this opening are found some specially large cells called tropho- 



