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The Cubomedusæ

Franklin Story Conant

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. . .r canals in each quadrant; the canals simple, unforked. Pedalia flattened, shaped like a slender knife blade, about half as long as the height of the bell. Tentacles at greatest extension observed two and a half times the length of pedalia. Sexes separate. Height of bell in largest specimens (reproductive elements mature) eight or nine mm. Breadth same as height or even greater. Color a light yellowish brown, due in large part to eggs or embryos in the stomach pockets. The reproductive organs especially prominent by reason of their similar color. Found in Kingston Harbor, Jamaica.

It will be seen from the above that Tripedalia possesses two of the[6] characteristics of the Charybdeidæ and two of the Chirodropidæ. The family was named from the prominent feature of the arrangement of the tentacles, in groups of three with separate pedalia. The small size of T. cystophora is worthy of note in connection with the fact that of the twenty species of Cubomed. . . Read More