. Sea-shore life; the invertebrates of the New York coast. Marine animals. SEA ANEMONES AND CORALS \ SEA ANEMONE is a barrel-shaped animal. The bottom of '^ the barrel is fastened to some rock or other firm anchorage, while the upper end bears a slit-like mouth which is encircled by a fringe of tentacles. The mouth leads into a simple tube-like throat, whiclr is bound to the inner sides of the barrel by means of radiating partitions. The throat-tube is, however, only about one-half as long as the height of the barrel, so that the radial partitions in the lower half. Fi\^. 75 ,â EYED-CORAL, Fro
. Sea-shore life; the invertebrates of the New York coast. Marine animals. SEA ANEMONES AND CORALS \ SEA ANEMONE is a barrel-shaped animal. The bottom of '^ the barrel is fastened to some rock or other firm anchorage, while the upper end bears a slit-like mouth which is encircled by a fringe of tentacles. The mouth leads into a simple tube-like throat, whiclr is bound to the inner sides of the barrel by means of radiating partitions. The throat-tube is, however, only about one-half as long as the height of the barrel, so that the radial partitions in the lower half. Fi\^. 75 ,â EYED-CORAL, From Life. Nassau, Bahamas. Oibtcella acropora. of the barrel cavity do not meet at the centre, but leave an open space which is the "stomach" of the anemone. Sea anemones are among the most attractive of marine animals, beautiful both in. 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 Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922. New York, A. S. Barnes
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