. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . 1. Ruined pnwclor magazine on The Ridge (See page 241) (Photograph by Wehman) 2. Pillars of Hercules (See page 225) , , ,„ 3. Surf on the windward coast (See page 225) (Photograph by Werman) PLATE XLVIII. BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 197 common iii the eel-grass of Falmouth Harbor along with Dia-dema, Toxopneustes variegatus, and Tripneustes esculentus. Inthis shallow water, which became quite warm at noon, were
. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . 1. Ruined pnwclor magazine on The Ridge (See page 241) (Photograph by Wehman) 2. Pillars of Hercules (See page 225) , , ,„ 3. Surf on the windward coast (See page 225) (Photograph by Werman) PLATE XLVIII. BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 197 common iii the eel-grass of Falmouth Harbor along with Dia-dema, Toxopneustes variegatus, and Tripneustes esculentus. Inthis shallow water, which became quite warm at noon, werequantities of Manicina, and curiously enough, Millepora alci-cornis of the most branched form. The animals are superlative-ly sluggish in daytime. The bottom upon which they live is ofvery fine sand or mud, often slimy with organic matter, and thefine particles adhere to the skin of the holothurians, giving themsometimes a dusky hue. A form of this species, or possibly adistinct species, has a vermilion pink ventral surface. In theaquaria at night the animals were more active than in thesame situation during the day. The alimentary canal of a number of failures at anassthetiz-ing—to-wit, of specimens which eviscerated— was full of thefine silt of the Harbor, but this was true of all species. Iwatched these animals in their native haunts and I failed to findone crawling about.
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