. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. VARIOUS VOLYZOA. 447 Tlie last fif,'ure on the engravin-,', marked L, represent? the mouth of a cell belonging to iiiiotlier polyzoon, and is given to show the curious operculum, with its branched t'ornr, liki. tlie hiirn of a fallow deer, and may be contrasted with the simple spiny operculum' shown at fig. I. Tassing to the second plate, we shall find several curious, and one or two bizarre forms „f :\riniiie Tolyzon. J'ig. A represents the 's-h
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. VARIOUS VOLYZOA. 447 Tlie last fif,'ure on the engravin-,', marked L, represent? the mouth of a cell belonging to iiiiotlier polyzoon, and is given to show the curious operculum, with its branched t'ornr, liki. tlie hiirn of a fallow deer, and may be contrasted with the simple spiny operculum' shown at fig. I. Tassing to the second plate, we shall find several curious, and one or two bizarre forms „f :\riniiie Tolyzon. J'ig. A represents the 's-horn Coralline of Ellis—the Ladies' Slipper, as it is more elegantly and e(nially appropriately named at the present day. The oulisof this species bear a considerable resemblance to a series of delicate, .slender-toed slijipers, adherent to each other, while from the oiKiiiing protrudes the beautiful liell- sliapcd circle of tentacles. Sometimes a ludimentary cell may be found, but always below the aperture. At tig. Ji is shown a creature called the Snake-head Coralline, from the extra- oriliiiary similitude between it and the reptile from which it takes its name. It is a coMiinou species. iVt fig C is given a single cell of Bednia mimhilis, for the purpose of .showing the series of thorns or spines which surround tlie mouth. This species is found mostTy on. , 11. \. SmipiUia chehila. X (Ladies' Slilipor.) li. J:i,a Aiifiithic. x (Siiake-licailCornlline.) II. Fiircimiiidria E. Ccmclliiriii lurici'ila. x V. (kmelhtria Itirinila. H, XulAmiii (Sliciilienl'.s-imrse (.'(pralliiif.) I, \i,t,imiu 1, llialhiiiii M. Uieclhiria N. lUiguhi P. liiitiuhi (an aviculaviuni.)x Tliu .si(,'ii X siyiiilli'S tliat till' olijiM'l is iiia^'iiiliccl. C. lieunia G. Dimekipia siJicdla. x K. Caharea I'ataijunira. x O. Jti'njiiht iificiiliirid. shells. Each cell is united to its predecessor and successor by a sl
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