The royal natural history . Philine aperta (nat. size).. sea-hare, Aplysia (nat. size). horny jaws, and the gizzard is armed with horny spines, which prepare the foodfor digestion. The sides have large thin lobes, which are either folded over theback, or used in swimming. Aplysia includes both animal- and vegetable-feeders,inhabiting shallow water in all parts of the world. In olden time there weremany stories in vogue respecting the poisonous nature of the sea-hare, but it liasbeen shown to be harmless. It has the faculty of emitting a nauseous smell: anda beautiful purple fluid is discharged
The royal natural history . Philine aperta (nat. size).. sea-hare, Aplysia (nat. size). horny jaws, and the gizzard is armed with horny spines, which prepare the foodfor digestion. The sides have large thin lobes, which are either folded over theback, or used in swimming. Aplysia includes both animal- and vegetable-feeders,inhabiting shallow water in all parts of the world. In olden time there weremany stories in vogue respecting the poisonous nature of the sea-hare, but it liasbeen shown to be harmless. It has the faculty of emitting a nauseous smell: anda beautiful purple fluid is discharged from glands in the edge and inner surfaceof the mantle. The species illustrated (A. depilans) occurs on the coasts of France 364 MOLLUSCS. and in the Mediterranean. It is reddish brown, with irregular and variablegreyish blotches and spots. It occurs in numbers on the Portuguese coast,and in stormy weather is sometimes cast upon the shores in such quantities as tobe the cause of epidemics, and almost to render it worth while to extract the purplefor e
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