The Edinburgh new philosophical journal The Edinburgh new philosophical journal edinburghnewphil11edinuoft Year: Carboniferous Limestone of Innerteil, near Kirkcaldy. 149 As far as can be ascertained by microscopical observation, the structure of this animal has been of the most simple description ; and probably it was attached, for security, to some solid heavy substance, as a stone or shell; and also from the analogy of some species of Actinia and Hydra, we may conjecture it to have possessed a retractile pouer; and, under certain circum- stances, it might occasionally have presented merel
The Edinburgh new philosophical journal The Edinburgh new philosophical journal edinburghnewphil11edinuoft Year: Carboniferous Limestone of Innerteil, near Kirkcaldy. 149 As far as can be ascertained by microscopical observation, the structure of this animal has been of the most simple description ; and probably it was attached, for security, to some solid heavy substance, as a stone or shell; and also from the analogy of some species of Actinia and Hydra, we may conjecture it to have possessed a retractile pouer; and, under certain circum- stances, it might occasionally have presented merely a very shortened nacrous stem, or fasciculus of branches. Probably, too, this zoophyte may be so far interesting to the general naturalist, as offering another link of connexion in the vast chain of nature; and may be that which runs between the jointed Crinoidea? and the Porous Corals, or between them and the Annulosa. References to the Draining. A, The Stem. B, The Side-arm, in botanical language, arising decurrent from the stem. C, An imperfect stem, bifurcated from the first division, under which the stem A passes, and is lost in the mass. D, Section of an encrinite.
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