Dendrochirotæ (den" drokirote)

pl. [NL., The holothurians. feed on the smaller marine animals, which, in the Dendrochirotæ , are carried to the mouth by means of the branched tree-like tentacles. Claus , Zoology (trans.), I. 299. dendrochirotous (dendrō-ki-rō'tus), a. Pertaining to or having the characters of the Den drochirota. Dendrocitta (den-drō-sit'ä), n. [NL. (Gould, 1833), δένδρον , a tree, + κίττα , κίσσα, α chattering bird, the jay or magpie.] A genus of Asiatic tree-crows, frequently included in the genus Crypsirhina . The Chinese D. sinen- sis is an example; there are several other spe- cies. IMG:content-2361.png:[blocks in formation] cal a. They are characterized by a broad flat body, often with plicated lateral margins, tentacular proce es at the anterior end of the body, a musg cular and usually protrusile pharynx, and an arborescent or den driform alimen- k tary canal, whence the name. They are a proc to us and mostly hermaphrodite. There are two subdivisions of the group: Mo no go no por a, land and fresh-water planarians, with a single sexual outlet; and Digonopo ra, mostly marine forms, with double sexual opening. There are several families. Commonly called planarians. dendrocelan (den - drō - sē ́ IMG:content-2362.jpg:[subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed] Polycelis (Lep to plan a) lavigata , an a proc to us dendrocœlous turbellarían or planarian ( Plan arid a ), magnified. a, oral orifice; b, buccal cavity; c, esopha geal orifice; d, gastric cavity, with eeee, its IMG:content-2363.jpg:[ocr errors] many cæcal ramifications: ganglia tal canal and penis; 2, oviducts; 1, spermathecal dilatation at their junction; m, vulva.