. Actinologia britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals ... Sea anemones; Corals; Marine animals. A STB J?A CEA. IL YA THE TREFOIL MUZZLET. PeacMa triphylla. (Sp. noT.) Plate X. Fig. 2. ^ Specific Character. Column pear-shaped, moderately long; conchiila bearing three ovate or leaf-like lobes ; tentacles marked with arrow-heads, and based with brown. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. FOEM. Column. Pear-shaped; lower extremity rounded, with adistiuct central orifice, around which the skin is puckered. Surface covered with fine and close-set transverse wrinkles, and with minute su
. Actinologia britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals ... Sea anemones; Corals; Marine animals. A STB J?A CEA. IL YA THE TREFOIL MUZZLET. PeacMa triphylla. (Sp. noT.) Plate X. Fig. 2. ^ Specific Character. Column pear-shaped, moderately long; conchiila bearing three ovate or leaf-like lobes ; tentacles marked with arrow-heads, and based with brown. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. FOEM. Column. Pear-shaped; lower extremity rounded, with adistiuct central orifice, around which the skin is puckered. Surface covered with fine and close-set transverse wrinkles, and with minute suckers, which have a strong adhesive power. Disk. Flat, but very protrusile; radii distinct. Tentacles. Twelve, in one circle, marginal; thick at foot, and tapering to a point. Mouth. About one-fourth of an inch wide at the margin, shelving downward funnel-like; lip rugose and erectile. Conchula. Cut into three ovate, leaf-like CONCHULA AND MOUTH OF P. TRIPHYLLA {maffnified). Colour. Column. Opaque pale reddish-brown, or bay, with numerous irregular longitudinal splashes of rich red-brown. No pale lines indicate the septa. r2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. London, Van Voorst
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