. Dwellers of the sea and shore . clava; a colony of tubularian hydroids. (enlarged.) spend hours in plucking off the clusters—plucking off many more, in fact, than he can possibly consume. Now in regard to the hermit crab and its appetite, an odd sight sometimes presents itself. Often one of these creatures will be seen searching assiduously for food while the shell which it bears is literally covered with living hydroids. Yet, though its craving may be ever so keen, it will not touch them. These hydroids, too, are tubularians, and are generally of the genus

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