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164
Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
159
SAGARTIA
ANGUICOMA.
Pl.
V.
fig.
3,
a,
b.
This
genus
has
been
separated
from
Actinia
on
account
of
its
habit
of
throwing
out
threads
when
irritated.
Although
my
specimens
often
assumed
the
form
represented
in
fig.
3,
Mr.
Lloyd
informs
me
that
it
must
have
arisen
from
unhealthiness
of
condition,
its
usual
habit
being
to
contract
into
a
more
flattened
form.
When
fully
expanded,
its
transparent
and
lengthened
tentacles
present
a
beautiful
appearance.
Fig.
3
a,
showing
a
basal
disk,
is
given
for
the
purpose
already
described.
BALANOPHYLLÆA
REGIA.
Pl.
V.
fig.
1.
Another
species
of
British
madrepore,
found
by
Mr.
Gosse
at
Ilfracombe,
and
by
Mr.
Kingsley
at
Lundy
Island.
It
is
smaller
than
O.
Smithii,
of
a
very
bright
colour,
and
always
covers
the
upper
part
of
its
bony
skeleton,
in
which
the
plates
are
differently
arranged
from
those
of
the
smaller
species.
Fig.
1
shows
the
tentacles
expanded
in
an
unusual
degree;
1
a,
animal
contracted;
1
b,
the
coral;
1
c,
a
tentacle
enlarged.
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