. Actinologia britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals ... Sea anemones; Corals; Marine animals. CAJi YOPHYLLIA CEA. TURBINOLIADuS. THE SHETLAND CUP-CORAL. Paracijatlms ThuJensis. (Sp. nov.) Plate X. Fig. 8. Specific Character. Plates in four imperfect cycles; calice circular; height equal to half the diameter. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Corallum. Slightly turbinate, adhering by a base, which, though broad, is the narrowest part. Height about half the diameter. Eibs. Prominent on upper half, becoming ob- solete below; their edges set with tooth-like coni- cal tubercles ; separate
. Actinologia britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals ... Sea anemones; Corals; Marine animals. CAJi YOPHYLLIA CEA. TURBINOLIADuS. THE SHETLAND CUP-CORAL. Paracijatlms ThuJensis. (Sp. nov.) Plate X. Fig. 8. Specific Character. Plates in four imperfect cycles; calice circular; height equal to half the diameter. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Corallum. Slightly turbinate, adhering by a base, which, though broad, is the narrowest part. Height about half the diameter. Eibs. Prominent on upper half, becoming ob- solete below; their edges set with tooth-like coni- cal tubercles ; separated by intercostal furrows, which on the whole equal the ribs in width, but both are irregulai'. Calice. Circular, shallow. Plates. Forming four cycles and six systems ; those of the fourth cycle wanting in the halves of four systems, and present in both halves of the other two. lather wide apart, moderately salient, rather thick, scarcely thickened externally; out- line of their upper edge forming a flattened arch, but not uniformly, in some the highest point being at the margin, in others far within ; inner edge nearly perpendicular : entire edge set with irregular eminences and blunt points: both surfaces studded with coarse granules. Columella. A single flexuous plate with a somewhat tri-radiate summit, united below to the palules. Palules. Indistinct, being confluent, and sending off horizontal traverses to the septa, so as to form an irregular perforated horizontal lamina, whence the columella r. ( marjnificd ). Vertical aspect of coi'alltim. Size. Diameter '19 inch ; height "l. Animal. 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. London, Van Voorst
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