. Actinologia britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals ... Sea anemones; Corals; Marine animals. 74 SAGAETIAD^. whicli is occasionally broken in front, but always passes off behind in a Flender Avavy line to the margin, where it slightly bifurcates. Frequently the ring dilates into an i;ndefined spot at each side of the tentacle-foot. Siimetimes the line passing off to the margin can be scarcely discerned beyond the second r„x,»„„.„^^- ^„ .^^^ X'ow, and sometimes the whole mai-king seems TENTACLES OF SPHT- / ° RODETA obliterated. {vieived verticcdiy). Mouth. Pure white. Siz
. Actinologia britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals ... Sea anemones; Corals; Marine animals. 74 SAGAETIAD^. whicli is occasionally broken in front, but always passes off behind in a Flender Avavy line to the margin, where it slightly bifurcates. Frequently the ring dilates into an i;ndefined spot at each side of the tentacle-foot. Siimetimes the line passing off to the margin can be scarcely discerned beyond the second r„x,»„„.„^^- ^„ .^^^ X'ow, and sometimes the whole mai-king seems TENTACLES OF SPHT- / ° RODETA obliterated. {vieived verticcdiy). Mouth. Pure white. Size. Half an-inch in height, and about the same (or occasionally a little more) in expanse. Locality. The south and west coasts of England. Low-water mark. Fissures in rocks ; the under surface of stones. Varieties. a. Candida. The condition above detailed, which I originally described in my " Devonshire Coast" under this specific name. ^. Xantliopis. Disk assuming various shades of yellow, from a pale chrome or lemon-colour to a deep orange, or even dull vermilion. This pretty little species Aras discovered by myself at Ilfracomlbe. It Avas during an unusually low spring- tide, in October, 1852. Specimens occurred at that time in two localities, having this in common, that in each case they were adherent to the perpendicular or overhanging surface of the cliff, at the very verge of lowest water. The animals were ^social: in the one case I found three indi- viduals associated ; in the other many dozens, a numerous colony thronging the approximating sides of a narrow fissure that runs far up into tlie solid rock at the seaward base of Capstone Promenade. A frequent tendency to a pendent posture was noticed; for even Avhcre the general surface of the rock was perpendicular, many of the Anc-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustratio
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