File:EB1911 Hydromedusae - structure of Velella.jpg

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(971 × 1,418 pixels, file size: 238 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Diagram of the structure of Velella, showing the central and peripheral thirds of a half-section of the colony, the middle third being omitted. The ectoderm is indicated by close hatching, the endoderm by light hatching, the mesogloea by thick black lines, the horny skeleton of the pneumatophore and sail by dotting (see legend below).
Date published 1911
Source “Hydromedusae,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 14, 1911, p. 158, fig. 70.
Author From G. H. Fowler, after A. Agassiz, Lankester’s Treatise on Zoology.
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
English: Legend:
BL,  Blastostyle.
C, Centradenia.
D, Palpon.
EC, Edge of colony prolonged beyond the pneumatophore.
G, Cavity of the large central siphon.
M, Medusoid gonophores.
PN, Primary central chamber, and PN′, concentric chamber of the pneumatophore, showing an opening to the exterior and a “trachea.”
S, Sail.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:50, 4 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 17:50, 4 December 2018971 × 1,418 (238 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |description ={{en|1=Diagram of the structure of ''Velella'', showing the central and peripheral thirds of a half-section of the colony, the middle third being omitted. The ectoderm is indicated by close hatching, the endoderm by light hatching, the mesogloea by thick black lines, the horny skeleton of the pneumatophore and sail by dotting (see legend below).}} |date =published 1911 |source =“Hydromedusae,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed.), v. 14, 1911, p...