English: Diagram showing the stages of oyster development in five drawings.
Date
published 1905
Source
The New International Encyclopædia, v. 15, 1905, p. 189.
Author
unknown artist; authors of the article are Henry Frank Moore and Gilbert Van Ingen
English: Legend:
1, Unfertilized egg shortly after mixture of spawn and
milt; spermatozoa are adhering to the surface. 2, Same
egg a few minutes after fertilization; polar body at broad
end. 3, Optical section of egg 27 hours after impregnation,
showing two large cells, covered by a layer of small
ectodermal cells. 4, Optical section of an older egg, now
become flattened from above downward. 5, An embryo with
well-developed larval shells.
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