. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. Phatt by ff. Savilli-Kint, SEA-CUCUMBER, OR BECHE-DE-MER TJigse animals ars Cfdlfcted in iijst r^uaTiniiei on the Australian Great Barriet Reef, imokeJ, and sent to the Chinese market outlying portions becoming' gradually absorbed. Some of the brittle-stars and sea- cucumbers bring forth their young in the adult form, nursing them from the egg in special breeding-chambers. The capacit}' of a star-fish to renew its lost arms is commonly manifested. Asingle detached arm, moreover,
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. Phatt by ff. Savilli-Kint, SEA-CUCUMBER, OR BECHE-DE-MER TJigse animals ars Cfdlfcted in iijst r^uaTiniiei on the Australian Great Barriet Reef, imokeJ, and sent to the Chinese market outlying portions becoming' gradually absorbed. Some of the brittle-stars and sea- cucumbers bring forth their young in the adult form, nursing them from the egg in special breeding-chambers. The capacit}' of a star-fish to renew its lost arms is commonly manifested. Asingle detached arm, moreover, in such a type as the common five- fingered species, can reproduce its body and the remaining four arms. Fishermen, who are in the habit of tearing up star- fishes and throwing them back into the water, under the im- pression that they are thus eftectuall)' incapacitating them from further injury to their oyster-beds, commit an error, such mutilation tending to the multiplication of their numbers. In the matter of colour-ornamentation the Star-fish group is richly endowed. Allusion to the brilliant crimson and pink-and-white tints of the British sun star-fish has been already made. As with most animal groups, however, it is amid their tropical representatives that the most striking colour-variations obtain. One form which is common among the coral- reefs on the Queensland coast-line, and much resembles the common British "five-fingers" in size and shape, is brilliant ultramarine-blue. Another large pentagonal species, belonging to the group known as Cushion- stars, has a golden-brown ground, upon which are thickly scattered small bead- like tubercles of turquoise. A third form, not un- common on the Tasmanian coast-line, v/hich is nearly related to the Bird's-foot species, previously mentioned, is distinguished b}' tints which range through several shades of crimson to brilliant violet. Not a few of the star- fishes are notable for their eminent phosphorescent proper
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