. Popular history of the aquarium of marine and fresh-water animals and plants . \m I^Mi. Sowia-loy ^-uxnose SagajrlicL itanllTus e^ of the saxae, cloeecL. -j-Youai of the saxne Jjooks imp. SEA-ANEMONES. 93 specimens. In the newborn young of A, gemmacea, thebeautiful markings of the tentacula are distinctly conspi-cuous. Young Sea-flowers, jerked from the parents mouthand colonizing near it, are among the most exquisite ob-jects of an Aquarium. Actiniadce, as a family, are not however exclusively con-fined to creatures of the form I have described in th
. Popular history of the aquarium of marine and fresh-water animals and plants . \m I^Mi. Sowia-loy ^-uxnose SagajrlicL itanllTus e^ of the saxae, cloeecL. -j-Youai of the saxne Jjooks imp. SEA-ANEMONES. 93 specimens. In the newborn young of A, gemmacea, thebeautiful markings of the tentacula are distinctly conspi-cuous. Young Sea-flowers, jerked from the parents mouthand colonizing near it, are among the most exquisite ob-jects of an Aquarium. Actiniadce, as a family, are not however exclusively con-fined to creatures of the form I have described in this andthe preceding chapter. There are considerable variationsamong different members of the group. There are somewhich have no adherent bases, but which possess other cha-racters in common with true Actmice; some with tentaclesscarcely retractile, others with knobbed tentacles. Othervariations distinguish the different genera of the family, ofwhich the following is a summary. All Actiniadoi are divided into those which are adherentand those which are not adherent. Adherent Actiniadce
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