[21]. Vibraculum, a bristle.
[22]. Pyrosoma—pur, fire; soma, body.
[23]. It should be mentioned that one high authority, Prof. W. K. Brooks, does not regard the life history of Salpa as an example of alternation of generations, but considers the solitary Salpa to be, not asexual, but a female which produces a chain of males; but it is impossible to enter into a difficult question of controversy here.
[24]. From the Greek pelma = a stalk.
[25]. The Asteroidea or Ophiuroidea may be counted under the name Stelliformia.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained.
- Used numbers for footnotes, placing them all at the end of the last chapter.