. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. Fig. 73.—Sea-Anemone seen from above. Fig. 74.—Section of Sea-Anemone. a cavity of stomach, b surrounding chambers. its mouth in the centre, surrounded by its numerous radiating tentacula; these are often brightly coloured, and give to the animal the appearance of a beautiful flower. In Fig. 74, a simi- lar animal is represented, cut open to show its interior. The mouth is seen to open into a rounded stomach, a, which has no second orifice; and around this stomach there is a series of radi- ating membranous partitions, whic
. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. Fig. 73.—Sea-Anemone seen from above. Fig. 74.—Section of Sea-Anemone. a cavity of stomach, b surrounding chambers. its mouth in the centre, surrounded by its numerous radiating tentacula; these are often brightly coloured, and give to the animal the appearance of a beautiful flower. In Fig. 74, a simi- lar animal is represented, cut open to show its interior. The mouth is seen to open into a rounded stomach, a, which has no second orifice; and around this stomach there is a series of radi- ating membranous partitions, which divide the space intervening between it and the outer covering of the body into numerous chambers, b. The Sea-Anemone itself, like the Hydra, is a soli- tary animal, capable of shifting its place at will; and it forms no stony skeleton or support. 133. But there are other animals of the same general struc- ture, which have the power of depositing stony matter in the membrane of their base or foot, and in the membranous parti-. 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 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885. London : Wm. S. Orr and Co.
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