MAKE A MEME View Large Image Devonshire coast (Page 29) (5981270830).jpg THE TENTACLES 20 <br> arranged in about six rows ; the innermost series con- <br> tains about twelve tentacles ; the next about the same <br> number ; the third about twice as many ; the fourth ...
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Keywords: A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast (Page 29) (5981270830).jpg THE TENTACLES 20 <br> arranged in about six rows ; the innermost series con- <br> tains about twelve tentacles ; the next about the same <br> number ; the third about twice as many ; the fourth <br> is ag-ain doubled ; the fifth increases in the same pro- <br> portion and the sixth contains about thrice as many <br> as the fifth This ratio if accurately carried out <br> would give a total of seven hundred and sixty eight <br> tentacles to one Actinia a number which is not far <br> from the mark though as in other species the rows <br> are not quite regular The inmost series of tentacles <br> is usually erect or even inclines inwards the others <br> decline more and more towards the circumference <br> until the outmost two or three rows lie quite flat upon <br> the disk to which the exterior one of all forms an <br> exquisite fringe ; all the rows are small but they <br> diminish outwardly in size and more rapidly the <br> nearer they approach the edge ; those of the outmost <br> row are very minute the longest for they are not <br> equal not exceeding the sixteenth of an inch in length <br> and some being only tiny tubercles they are slender <br> and set so close together that I counted sixty in <br> an inch <br> The mouth is oblong sometimes contracted to a <br> slit at others showing a sub-oval or lozenge-shaped <br> opening with the lips within finely crenated Deli- <br> cate depressed lines diverge from the mouth to the <br> circumference of the disk by tracing which we shall <br> find that the convex space included between two lines <br> leads to and terminates in a tentacle ; the disk may <br> in fact be described as formed of the roots of the ten- <br> tacles soldered together Viewed from outside with <br> a strong light behind the substance of the disk is Actinea bellis Pennant 1777 accepted as Cereus pedunculatus Pennant 1777 29378523 93094 42528 Page 29 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378523 1853 10 5962/bhl title 42528 Gosse Philip Henry; Hullmandel Walton NameFound Actinia NameConfirmed Actinia EOLID 11519549 NameBankID 2566555 Biodiversity Heritage Library A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Information field Flickr tags and travel Devon England Great Britain Marine animals Smithsonian Institution Libraries SIL bhl page 29378523 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378523 taxonomy binomial Actinia bellis taxonomy binomial Actinia nivea taxonomy binomial Actinia rosea taxonomy binomial Actinia ancuicoma devon england great britain sil taxonomy binomial actinia bellis taxonomy binomial actinia nivea taxonomy binomial actinia rosea taxonomy binomial actinia ancuicoma Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-07-27 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/5981270830 2015-09-11 05 58 17 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Actinia rosea Cereus pedunculatus A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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