. Sea-shore life; the invertebrates of the New York coast. Marine animals. SEA ANEMONES AND CORALS 41 form and color. The)' vary in size from that of a pin's liead to several feet across, and they live at all ilepths and in a great variety of situations. A. coral polyp is only a sea anemone which deposits a plate of lime salts at the base of its barreldlke body and between the. Fig. !6; Star-Coral Showing Living Poly|3s. From a Specimen in tlie New Yoric A<iuarinm. radial partitions of the stomach cavity. These lime salts form a stony "skeleton" or sulistiince which we commonly ca
. Sea-shore life; the invertebrates of the New York coast. Marine animals. SEA ANEMONES AND CORALS 41 form and color. The)' vary in size from that of a pin's liead to several feet across, and they live at all ilepths and in a great variety of situations. A. coral polyp is only a sea anemone which deposits a plate of lime salts at the base of its barreldlke body and between the. Fig. !6; Star-Coral Showing Living Poly|3s. From a Specimen in tlie New Yoric A<iuarinm. radial partitions of the stomach cavity. These lime salts form a stony "skeleton" or sulistiince which we commonly call "; It is well to remeniber that the coi-al animals are not "insects" but are merel_y sea anemones which foiun stonv '; AltliOLigh sea anemones and coral polyps resemble beautiful flowers when fully expanded, they quickly contract into a mere dome-shaped mass when disturbed. In this way the coral polyps are protected by withdrawing into their stony cnp-shaped 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 Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922. New York, A. S. Barnes
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