. Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil [microform]. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. Fiy. 09.—Alcyoxii'm ki'hikorme, Dana ((5), (a) Polyp expanded, (b) Polyp contracted. Up in Storms on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and may be obtained ahve by dredging in deep water. It presents tuberculated yellowish or pinkish masses of a club-shaped form, from an inch to three inches in length, and of a spongy or firmly gelatinous structure. The sur- face is studded with round or star-shaped cells of small size, from which, when the creature
. Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil [microform]. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. Fiy. 09.—Alcyoxii'm ki'hikorme, Dana ((5), (a) Polyp expanded, (b) Polyp contracted. Up in Storms on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and may be obtained ahve by dredging in deep water. It presents tuberculated yellowish or pinkish masses of a club-shaped form, from an inch to three inches in length, and of a spongy or firmly gelatinous structure. The sur- face is studded with round or star-shaped cells of small size, from which, when the creature is alive and undis- turbed, delicate semi-transparent polyps protrude them- selves and extend their tentacles. These little animals can be easily distinguished from those of the last group by their pinnate tentacles, eight in number. The coral- lum or skeleton is of a corneous and fibrous nature, and I. 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 Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. Montreal : Dawson
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