. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. ^ 4J'M^s^.^ JOHANNA^CHMIOf /^M CUP CORAL.—Astroideti calycutaris f^j-if 1AW*^'^1"? When young, however, the Fiingije are affixed for a time, sometimes on rocks, and some- times on the stony remains of their own kinds, being attached to a stem which gradually vanishes as the creature increases in age. While in this state, they bear some resemblance to the genus Caryophillia. Though all i^ossessing the same general characteristics, they are not all circular, some being oval, and o
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. ^ 4J'M^s^.^ JOHANNA^CHMIOf /^M CUP CORAL.—Astroideti calycutaris f^j-if 1AW*^'^1"? When young, however, the Fiingije are affixed for a time, sometimes on rocks, and some- times on the stony remains of their own kinds, being attached to a stem which gradually vanishes as the creature increases in age. While in this state, they bear some resemblance to the genus Caryophillia. Though all i^ossessing the same general characteristics, they are not all circular, some being oval, and others bearing no small resemblance to slugs. The entire corallum is surrounded by the soft substance of the Fungia, which envelops it below as well as above. Most of the Fungia are found in the Indian seas, especially among the coral-beds. We now pass to another group of these curious beings. The Endive Coral is so called from the resemblance which its corallum bears to the crumpled leaves of that vegetable. The animal has no tentacles, and the cells are small, conical, and rather oblique. The corallum is fixed, sharply edged, and expanded from the base to the tip—a ]">eculiarity which has earned it the specific title of Pavonia, or Peacock's-tail Coral. All the living members of this pretty genus are to be found in the East and West Indian seas. The present illustration represents the Cup Coral as it appears when the tentacles are fully expanded, and when they are closed. It is not a very large, but is a very pretty species, the color of its corallum l)eiug generally of a pure translucent white, sometimes tinged with a delicate rosy hue, while that of the living animal is pearly-white, variegated with rich chestnut, and the palest imaginable 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
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