. Beginners' Zoology . The Sea Anemone, like the coral polyp, lives in the sea, but like the fresh-water hydra, it deposits no limy siipport for its body. The anemone is much larger than thehydra andmost coralpolyps,many spe-cies at-taining aheight ofseveralinches. Itdocs notform colo-nies. When its arms are drawn in, it looks like a large knob of shiny but opaque jelly. Polyps used to be called soophytcs {plant-animals), because of their flower-like appearance (Figs. 50, 51). Fig. 49. — Upright cxrrthrough coral polyp X 4. 7ns, mouth; inr, gullet; Is,Is, fleshy partitions (mesen-teries) exten
. Beginners' Zoology . The Sea Anemone, like the coral polyp, lives in the sea, but like the fresh-water hydra, it deposits no limy siipport for its body. The anemone is much larger than thehydra andmost coralpolyps,many spe-cies at-taining aheight ofseveralinches. Itdocs notform colo-nies. When its arms are drawn in, it looks like a large knob of shiny but opaque jelly. Polyps used to be called soophytcs {plant-animals), because of their flower-like appearance (Figs. 50, 51). Fig. 49. — Upright cxrrthrough coral polyp X 4. 7ns, mouth; inr, gullet; Is,Is, fleshy partitions (mesen-teries) extending from outerbody wall to gullet (to in-crease absorbing surface);s, s, shorter partitions; fn6,fb, stony support (of lime,called coral); t, tentacles. Fig. 50.— Sea Flo. AiNEMuNKS. CHAPTER V
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