. The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph. Sea squirts; Tunicata. 2S -f. FIG. 20.—Ascidia Alderi. Natural size. CHANNEL ISLANDS.—Herm, Guernsey (Norman). First record.—Hancock, 1870; coll. Norman [1865]. We have had the opportunity of examining but one individual of this species, and as it had been for some time in spirit little can be said respecting its colour. All the other characters however were determinable; and they are sufficient to distinguish it from all known species. The test (fig. 20) was a little affected with parasitic zoophytes; but the greater part of the surface w;is qu
. The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph. Sea squirts; Tunicata. 2S -f. FIG. 20.—Ascidia Alderi. Natural size. CHANNEL ISLANDS.—Herm, Guernsey (Norman). First record.—Hancock, 1870; coll. Norman [1865]. We have had the opportunity of examining but one individual of this species, and as it had been for some time in spirit little can be said respecting its colour. All the other characters however were determinable; and they are sufficient to distinguish it from all known species. The test (fig. 20) was a little affected with parasitic zoophytes; but the greater part of the surface w;is quite free, and exhibited with great distinctness the short, thick, deep crimson-coloured extremities of the blood-channels, which are very numerous and much subdivided; the terminal twigs are considerably en- larged and are pretty-regularly fusiform with the extremity mucronated. The larger branches are gener- ally of a pale yellowish 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 Alder, Joshua, 1792-1867; Hancock, Albany, 1806-1873; Hopkinson, John, 1844-1919; Norman, Alfred Merle, 1831-1918; Embleton, Dennis, 1810-1900. London, Printed for the Ray society
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