A similar shrinkage takes place in the metamorphosis of the larva (Leptocephalus) of Eels, as has been shown by Grassi, Quart. J. Micr. Sci. xxxix. 1897, p. 374.
Schimkewitsch, Zool. Anz. xi. 1888, p. 283; Morgan, J. Morphol. ix. 1894, p. 60; Punnett (op. cit. p. 661) believes that they are ectodermal.
Allman's name (Quart. J. Micr. Sci. ix. 1869, p. 57 f.) replaces that given by Sars, because the latter gave no description by which the organism could be recognised.
"Remarkable forms of Animal Life," i. Christiania Univ.-Program for the first half-year, 1869; and Quart. J. Micr. Sci. xiv. 1874, p. 23.
Quart. J. Micr. Sci. xxiv. 1884, p. 622.