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THE structure of this remarkable animal has already been investigated and described by Professors Allman and Lankester, with the result of showing that, although constituting a new genus, it is in all respects a true Medusa. After the publication of their papers I began to work out the physiology of the new form, and the following are the results which so far I have obtained.
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ROMANES, G. The New Freshwater Jelly Fish: Physiology of the Freshwater Medusa. Nature 22, 179–181 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022179a0
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