A history of the British sea-anemones and corals / by Philip Henry Gosse.

  • Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.
Date:
1860
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Credit: A history of the British sea-anemones and corals / by Philip Henry Gosse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    X.—1. Lophohelia prolifera. 2. Peachia triphylla. 3. Sphenotro- chus Wrightii. 4. S. Macandrewanus. 5. Zoanthus Couchii. 6. Paracyathus Taxilianus. 7. P. pteropus. 8. P. Thulensis. 9. Hoplangia Durotrix. 10,11. Bala- nophyllia regia. ] 2, 13. Caryophyllia Smithii. To face. p. 308 XI.—Anatomical details. 1. Ideal derai-section of a Sagartia. a. septum ; b. septal foramen; c. stomach ; d. liver ; e. ovarian mesentery ; /. ovary; g. craspedal mesentery; h. craspedum ; i. acontia. 2. Fragment of craspedum (S. bettis) with its mesentery (magnified). 3. The same craspedum under pressure (more highly magnified). 4. Fragment of acontium (S. bellis). 5. Portion of column containing cinclides (A. dianthus). k: fully open ; /. slightly open; m. closed. 6. Chambered cnida (Ca- ryophyllia) before discharge. 7. Chambered cnida (Tealia) discharged, n. ecthorpeum; o. strebla; p. pterygia, 8. Chambered cnida discharging, showing the ecthoraaum in process of evolving. (X.B.—The strebla and pterygia are here omitted, for the sake of greater clearness.) 9. Tangled cnida (Corynactis). 10. Spiral cnida (Tealia) discharging. 11, 12. Globate cnidre (S. parasitica). q. peribola 348 XII.—Magnified Figures. 1. Phellia picfca. 2. Zoanthus sulcatus. 3. Edwardsia carnea. 4. Caryophyllia (tentacle). 5. Zo- anthus Alderi. 6. Halcampa microps. 7. Gregoria fenestrata. 8. Phellia murocincta 358