. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 452 SIMILITUDE TO m:f account ul' one ur twu of Oil .space 18 so n.].!, ly drawino- to a cl,..sc, tliat it will hv. liardlv Dossible to .nvo â , """â¢'â tl"". a rapul nu^uUnn nt the of the next lew eugr^viu^^J^to^S^rVM^,?-^ one or twu of Ihe inure interesting examples. " ''' '"â '^'' In liie group of polyzoa given in the acron, Jianymg illustration, the reader will not f,ii notice the great external
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 452 SIMILITUDE TO m:f account ul' one ur twu of Oil .space 18 so n.].!, ly drawino- to a cl,..sc, tliat it will hv. liardlv Dossible to .nvo â , """â¢'â tl"". a rapul nu^uUnn nt the of the next lew eugr^viu^^J^to^S^rVM^,?-^ one or twu of Ihe inure interesting examples. " ''' '"â '^'' In liie group of polyzoa given in the acron, Jianymg illustration, the reader will not f,ii notice the great external similarity between'tlw.,',' .'nils and those of the true stony corals .so fiimili ' to us It will, moreover, be found, that in âia,iv details ot their structure, there is a deciued ainlo'Il between tliem and the true zoophytes which wil be described in the latter part of the work ' Fig. A Plate v. represents the Crma dnrm 0. the natural size, and just below, at i\,r ]] ,â¢' given a portion of the same species as it an,,;.,,!! when magnified. The arrangement of the cells i simple and elcgent, and the various branches n,v connected with each other by means of ccit'ii, li"niy juints. The use of these joints is iâ',] , to enable the polyzoary to resist th, iiction ot the waves, and so to avoid the which would prubably result if the joints u .re r- stiff and inflcxii,le as the cells. A similar \isiun will be seen in the Gorgoma, a zophyte winch will be described on a future pa-c A remarkably constructed species, the Idntonca â atlantica, is shown at fig. C, where it may he ^ecii looking sunicthing like a many-legged ,.,. lis branches protruding from a rounded ccutiv winch represents the body of that animal. Two representations of this curious snecies are to be seen at figs. 1) and E, the former iiviir'r the front vie- ami the latter the lateral aspect iii "'â di'i' In show the i-eeuliar coiis(nictioâ of'tiâ,
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