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Title: Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: New Zealand Institute
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Wellington : J. Hughes, Printer
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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Order. Peritricha.
Genus Strombidium.
Strombidium intermedium, sp. nov. Plate III., fig. 17, a, b, c.
Animalcules free-swimming, ovoid, with a short posterior prolongation; colour whitish, with enclosed granules; about one and a half times longer than broad; anterior border rounded, posterior projection tapering nearly to a point. On the anterior portion is a ring of long, fine cilia, which in end-view (fig. 17, b) are seen to be disposed spirally. Contractile vesicle single, close to the posterior projection. Nucleus elongate-oval, placed diagonally below the ring of cilia. No cilia on any part except in the ring. Motion excessively rapid, jerking, and difficult to follow. An example observed of reproduction by fission is shown in fig. 17, c; the two bodies are at right angles to each other.
Length, 1/875 inch = 38.5 µ.
Otaki, W. M. Maskell.
Intermediate between S. claparedii, Kent, and S. gyrans, Stokes.*
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* "Quart. Journ. Roy. Micros. Soc.," Feb., 1887, p. 37.
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