. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 224 THE NATURALIST IN TV. SaHUe-Kent, Fhoto. STINGING ANEMONES, ActinodciHlron akijonidiiim. t"WO-thibds of natural size. p. 223. central area or disc which surrounds the mouth was in the Lacepede Islands specimens of the same pale yellowish-green as the greater mass of the tentacles, but diversified with spots of brown. This character is distinctly shown in the example, B, to the right of the two individuals here figured. Among the more remarkable representatives of the Sea Anemone or Coelenterate tribe figured and described in
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 224 THE NATURALIST IN TV. SaHUe-Kent, Fhoto. STINGING ANEMONES, ActinodciHlron akijonidiiim. t"WO-thibds of natural size. p. 223. central area or disc which surrounds the mouth was in the Lacepede Islands specimens of the same pale yellowish-green as the greater mass of the tentacles, but diversified with spots of brown. This character is distinctly shown in the example, B, to the right of the two individuals here figured. Among the more remarkable representatives of the Sea Anemone or Coelenterate tribe figured and described in the author's volume relating to the Queensland Great Barrier system, was the species upon which the writer provisionally conferred the title of Acrozoanthus australke. It belonged to that particular group of the Sea Anemones which is technically known as the Zoantharia, and whose members are recognisable from the circumstances that the zooids or individuals form more or less extensive socially united colonies in place of separating asunder and maintaining an independent existence, as happens with the ordinary Sea Anemones or Actinaria. As a rule, these social Zoantharia form encrusting colony-stocks on stones, shells, or other submarine objects. One noteworthy form, Palythoa, is remarkable for its constant association with the Glass Rope Sponge, Hyalonema Sieboldii, on the erect rope-like spicular stalk of which organism it develops its encrusting cfenosarc. The question as to. 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 Kent, W. Saville (William Saville), d. 1908. London, Chapman & Hall
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