. Corals and coral islands. Coral reefs and islands; Corals. COKALS AND COKAL MAKERS. 41 soldier crab. The shell finally becomes dissolved away—how, it is not known—by the growing Zoanthid ; but the crab holds on to its house, although at the expense of transporting wher- ever it goes a colony of flowering polyps. I'he polyps are but partly expanded in figure i, and wholly so in figure 2. i^<;r7!VWir. ANTIPATHES AKIiOREA, D. The animals of the Zoanthus tribe have broad, radiated disks, with an edging of short tentacles, in one or more rows. Although not secreting coral, the mucus of the sur


. Corals and coral islands. Coral reefs and islands; Corals. COKALS AND COKAL MAKERS. 41 soldier crab. The shell finally becomes dissolved away—how, it is not known—by the growing Zoanthid ; but the crab holds on to its house, although at the expense of transporting wher- ever it goes a colony of flowering polyps. I'he polyps are but partly expanded in figure i, and wholly so in figure 2. i^<;r7!VWir. ANTIPATHES AKIiOREA, D. The animals of the Zoanthus tribe have broad, radiated disks, with an edging of short tentacles, in one or more rows. Although not secreting coral, the mucus of the surface in some. 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 Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle


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