Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885, Dallinger, W. H. (William Henry), 1842-1909 · Philadelphia, Blakiston · leaf 861
captivity, however, the petalsshrink up into short, thick, unshapely masses, rudely notched at theiredges. (Gosse.) When a mass of this sort is cut into, it is foundto be channelled out somewhat like a sponge by ramifying canals ; thevents of which open into the stomachal cavities of the polypes,… … FtG. 609.—spicules of Alcyonium Fig. 010.—A, Spiculesof Gorgonia guttata ;ana Gorgonia. B, spicules of Muricea plongata: their transparent bodies) by means of cilia lining the internal surfacesof the polypes ; but no cilia can be discerned on their external sur-faces. The tissue of this spongy…
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