. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. Sea-Anemone and its Young. Anthea Ceeetts (Opelet). with the central cavity. Expansion takes place by the re-versed action, namely, filling these cells with water. Thesecreatures possess in a limited degree the power of locomo-tion by means of two sets of muscles, one set running aroundthe body, the others arranged longitudinally; and by con-tracting and expanding these they are enabled to move evenconsiderable distances. I have seen them go even at a snailspace across the tank. The sea-anemones are delightfully varied in size, color,form, and spec
. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. Sea-Anemone and its Young. Anthea Ceeetts (Opelet). with the central cavity. Expansion takes place by the re-versed action, namely, filling these cells with water. Thesecreatures possess in a limited degree the power of locomo-tion by means of two sets of muscles, one set running aroundthe body, the others arranged longitudinally; and by con-tracting and expanding these they are enabled to move evenconsiderable distances. I have seen them go even at a snailspace across the tank. The sea-anemones are delightfully varied in size, color,form, and special peculiarities of development and function;so that a large collection would be like an animated flower-garden, composed of carnations, china-asters, dahlias, daisies,etc. Their general resemblance to flowers first caused natu-ralists to bestow upon the whole class the name of the anem-one, or wind-flower; while individual features and pecu-liarities have induced successive discoverers to name thevarying species in a similar way. Hence we
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