. Coral and atolls: a history and description of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, with an account of their fauna and flora, and a discussion of the method of development and transformation of coral structures in general. Coral reefs and islands. 166 CORAL AND ATOLLS hard mouth, triturated and separated from its living inhabi- tants in the long alimentary canal, and ejected as a fine white mud freed from animal and vegetable particles. The wash of the waters must in a great measure mask any influence these Fig. PHOTOaRAPlI OF HOLOTHURIANS FEEDING AT THE BOTTOM OF A Barrier Pool, The photograph w
. Coral and atolls: a history and description of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, with an account of their fauna and flora, and a discussion of the method of development and transformation of coral structures in general. Coral reefs and islands. 166 CORAL AND ATOLLS hard mouth, triturated and separated from its living inhabi- tants in the long alimentary canal, and ejected as a fine white mud freed from animal and vegetable particles. The wash of the waters must in a great measure mask any influence these Fig. PHOTOaRAPlI OF HOLOTHURIANS FEEDING AT THE BOTTOM OF A Barrier Pool, The photograph was taken through some two feet of water, without disturbing the Holothurians in any way. animals have, in common Avith the earth-worms, on the altera- tion of level or position of the free-lying boulders, but their handiwork must be of some importance by reason of their very numbers. Countless Avorms bore the rocks and make tunnels on their surface ; numberless molluscs live in the nooks and corners of every boulder, and when they die their shells are added to the sum of debris, but as workmen in the building of the barrier their role is an unimportant one. In addition to the animal agencies in sand-making, is, of course, the very. 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 Jones, F. Wood (Frederic Wood), 1879-1954. London, Lovell Reeve & Co. , Ltd.
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