Rotifer

Microscopic views of Asplánchna ebbesbórnii Hudson rotifer, 13 figures of different views.

Inscribed on facing page ‘1. Asplánchna ebbesbórnii, side view. 2. dorsal view. 3. head, central view. 4. jaws. 5. middle portion of ovary, with maturing germs [?]. 6. antenna. 7. a lateral canal with vibratile tags. 8. bend in lateral canal, with embedded glands. 9. oesophagus, gastric glands, stomach. 10. muscular bands of oesophagus. 11. a gastric gland, with its duct. 12. male. 13. extremity of male.
ptúnius side view.’

Illustration from The original drawings of the Rotifer by Charles Thomas Hudson, 1886. A collaborative work with Philip Henry Gosse which was published in two volumes The Rotifera or Wheel-Animalcules (London 1886).