Long, thin structures in both vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
1 The motile organs are cirri and cilia, all inserted in the constriction.
2 In the figure given by Quennerstedt there are only 7 ventral cirri .
3 The cirri emerge from minute hollows in the edge of the anterior border.
4 The contractile vacuole lies on the right side dorsal to the posterior cirri .
5 One or more rings of cirri rise in the groove.
6 The ventral cirri are short and thick, and are very characteristic of the species.
7 At the posterior end an oblique hollow bears 6 unequal cirri placed side by side.
8 Five large cirri extend outward from the anterior extremity.
9 Round the horizon it was of steely brilliancy, while reddish cumuli and cirri floated southwards.
10 The anal cirri , 5 in number, are long and stiff; the marginal cirri smaller and finer.
11 The anus is on the right side in the region of the anal cirri (Stein).
12 There are 5 posterior cirri and 4 anal cirri , of much smaller size.
13 These cirri are placed in depressions in the ventral surface and each one appears to come from a specific shoulder.
14 The cirri may or may not be fimbriated, the latter condition indicating the approaching disintegration of the body and is abnormal.
15 Seven or 8 cirri are placed in the anterior half of the ventral surface and are arranged more or less in rows.
16 There are two and one-half rows of ventral cirri and the marginal cirri are drawn in until they are ventral in position.
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