Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954 · New York, R. M. McBride & co. · leaf 224
appear like sea-anemones (Fig. 29).By placing the freshly obtained, live corals in waterwith magnesium-salt solution added, the animals MARINE ANIMALS 187 will expand and they may then be preserved in al-cohol or formaline. Such specimens are alwaysof great interest, for few people realize what… … Fig. 29. A living coral with some of the animals expanded solved, after which they should be thoroughlywashed in fresh water—the stream from a gardenhose is excellent—and the cleaned coral should thenbe dried and bleached in the brightest sunshine.The beauty and perfection of coral specimens…
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