. A contribution to American thalassography; three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake," in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1800. Blake (Ship); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments; Ocean. Fig. 462 a. Caryophyllia communis. 1 (Poiu'tal6s.) grows in height, the support not being sufficient, it falls over on its broadest side, and, growing upward to keep the calycle above the mud, the curved base is produced. (Fig. 462 a.) Stenocyathus vermiformis is a very elongate
. A contribution to American thalassography; three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake," in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1800. Blake (Ship); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments; Ocean. Fig. 462 a. Caryophyllia communis. 1 (Poiu'tal6s.) grows in height, the support not being sufficient, it falls over on its broadest side, and, growing upward to keep the calycle above the mud, the curved base is produced. (Fig. 462 a.) Stenocyathus vermiformis is a very elongate coral resembling an annelid tube. Specimens fre- quently occur having a living and growing polyp at either end. (Fig. 463.) These specimens are gener- Fig. 463.—Stenocyathus vermifor- ally somcwhat curvcd, as if they had mis. 1. (Po^xTtal^s.) ^^'^^^ ^y^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^-^J^ |^^^j^ ends turned up and projecting. ^ The account of the corals here giA'en is taken from the various reports of Pourtales on the "Blake " 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 Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910; U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Boston Houghton, Mifflin
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