Phylum Cnidaria. Aurelia aurita, a destra asportato 1/4 (1). Id sez. schem. a (2)
Phylum Cnidaria. Aurelia aurita, a destra asportato 1/4 (1). Id sez. schem. a (2)
Description
Class Scyphozoa
Aurelia aurita
1) Adult jellyfish with a mouth at the centre of the subumbrella, manubrium forms 4 oral arms for food capture and ingestion. Many short tentacles at the margin of umbrella. Four gastric pouches, containing gonads (in pink), from which radial canals depart up to a ring canal. ¼ of umbrella was removed to show the canals.
2) Longitudinal section of the umbrella: mesoglea (green); epidermis (blue-grey); endodermis, delimiting stomach and canals (red); gonads (blue).
People
Anonimo (Author)
Ortolan, Monica (Digitiser)
Nalesso, Federica (Digitiser)
Biblioteca Vallisneri - Università di Padova (Digitiser)
Format
image/jpeg (690.21 kB)
wallchart (height: 93 cm, width: 78 cm)
Object languages:
ItalianSources
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