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Show 370 ENTOZOA. . . the Trenia nodulosa, Gm.; But a single species IS knownL, IX 12_ 15• It inhabits va- XXXIV 5 6' Encyc., X ' Gretz., ' ' ' & (1) rious .fishes, the Pike, Perch, c. BoTHRYOCEPIIALUS' Rud. h head at·e two longitudinal Where the only sue k ers Po ssessed hb y t e fossulre placed opJjOSl· t~ to .e ach ott Fe'r s.h es and in certa1·R B·l rd s( 2) • They are found m dlfl'eren 1 From the Bothryocephali guished the themselves should be distin .. DIBOTHRYORHYNCHUS, Blainv. . f th head I.S proV.l d e d with two little trunks or Where the summit o e tentacula bristled with h.oo~s. • it has a short body and inha- . lpecles lS known, l .. £ 8 But a smg e s . A ad Brems., p • u, · · bits the Lepidopus, Blamv., PP· FLORICEPS, Cuv. k or tentacula armed with re- Where there are four little . trun s ctrate into the viscera. f which they pen t' curved spines by means o M Blainv.-have a long, ar 1· Certa•m spec1. es-RHYNOHOBOTBRIU ' lated body destitute of a bladder. R Bothryocephalus corol-cu . . n in the ays- d One species 1S commo . . hes in length. Its hea R d IX 12-that IS some me latus, u ., ' f a flower. · is the exact resemblance o (3)-the body is termmated ' FLORIOEPS proper d In others agam-. . . hdraws and is conceale • by a bladder into wh1ch 1t W1t . art II 32 and Synop., 135· th cepbalus and (1) Rud., Hlst., U, p .. ' 'dEl 136. For the genus Bo ryo 1 Helrn· (2) Uud., Hist., II, P· u, 3~, ~:az F;~gmenta of F. s. Leuckardt, No. ' 'ts subdivisions, see the Zoo gt ls ta:dt, 1819. . d this name to ANTHocnu.u.us, E 1· • 177 . (3) M. Rudolph• has change PARENCHYMATA. 371 TETRARHYNCHus, Rud. The Tetrarhynchi merely appear to be Floriceps naturally reduced to the head and two joints, instead of having an elongated and pluriarticulated body. T. lingualis, Cuv. Very common in the tongue of the Turbot, and of several other .fishesn). TENTAOULARIA, Bose. Only differ in consequence of the tentacula being unarmed. Naturalists have also distinguished from the ordinary Trenire those, which, with a similar head, that is one with four suckers, have the body terminated posteriorly by a bladder. Their joints are not as distinctly marked as in the preceding ones. The genus CYSTICERcus, Rud. 'Vulgarly termed Hydatids, is composed of those in which the bladder supports but a single body and one head. They are particularly developed in the membranes and cellulosity of animals. C. globosua; Tamia ferarum, T. caprina, T. ovilla, T. vervecina, T. bovina, T. apri, T. globosa, Gm.; Gretz., XXII, A. B; Encyc., XXXIX, 1, 5. This species is found in a great number of Quadrupeds, the Ruminantia especially. C. pisiformill; Trenia cordata, T. pisiform is, T. utricularia, Gm.; Gretz., XVIII, A, B; Encyc., XXXIX, 6, a. Very common in the Hare and Rabbit. C. celluloare; Trenia cellulosaJ, T. .ftnna, Gm.; Blumenb., Abb., fascic. IV, pl. 39. 'I' his species is the most celebrated of the whole number, and lives between the fibres of the muscles of the Hog, producing the disease called measles. It is small, and multiplies prodigiously in this disgusting disease, penetrating into the heart, eyes, &c. Similar animals have, it (1) For this genus, see Rud., Hist., II, 318, and Syn., 129. |