. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. SEEPULiE. 393 quite uninterrupted, and no one would imagine that any ex- traneous substance had intruded into the mass. The tubes themselves have formed the basis of other sub- marine habitations, for a moderate magnifying-glass shows that sundry molluscs and moUuscoids have settled down upon their exterior, while the white serpentine tubes which creep among the perpendicular pillars, show that the serpulse and other tube- making creatures have taken up the
. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. SEEPULiE. 393 quite uninterrupted, and no one would imagine that any ex- traneous substance had intruded into the mass. The tubes themselves have formed the basis of other sub- marine habitations, for a moderate magnifying-glass shows that sundry molluscs and moUuscoids have settled down upon their exterior, while the white serpentine tubes which creep among the perpendicular pillars, show that the serpulse and other tube- making creatures have taken up their residence in so well pro- tected a TEREBELLA SEKPUIA COXTORTLTLICATA. SABEU^ UNISPfRA. 8A0ELLA {lA. At the bottom of the sea there are a vast number of won- derful and interesting animals that are known to naturalists as Tubicolous Annelides, Tube-inhabiting Wonns. These creatures are true architects, not inhabiting the tubes which. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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