The bell gradually becomes more freely developed, and at last, by the reduction and entire disappearance of the stomachal peduncle, becomes the most essential part of the Medusa, after it has left its previous dwelling-place in the bell of the Turritopsis.
"The Romance of Natural History, Second Series"
Philip Henry Gosse
Why the little fish should always seek the stomachal cavity of one and the same species of star-fish, and not that of various species, is a mystery.
"The Romance of Natural History, Second Series"
Philip Henry Gosse