Excerpt from Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol. 31
The material which forms the basis of the following paper was collected and preserved by Mr. W. F. R. Weldon, of St. John's College, Cambridge, during a visit to the Bahamas. On his return to England Mr. Weldon commenced to work at Phymosoma, and made many microscopic sections and drawings. When, however, he received the appointment which he now holds at Plymouth he handed the whole material, together with his drawings, to me, with a request that I would complete the work thus interrupted. This statement will serve to show how much I am indebted to Mr. Weldon, both for material and for many of the drawings; but I have further to express my indebtedness to him for many suggestions and much help in completing the work he was unfortunately obliged to lay aside.
The observations here recorded were made on a species of Phymosoma (Ph. varians, Selenka) collected in the Bahama Islands.
This species was sufficiently common in the island of New Providence; but it occurred still more abundantly in the lagoon of the Bemini atoll. The specimens were obtained by breaking up soft masses of coral rock with a hammer.
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