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| Keywords: A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast (Page 417) (5980719525).jpg THE SABELLA 417 <br> up to the curious Perforated Rock I saw a tube pro- <br> jecting just beneath the surface of the water about <br> Ij inch long I could just get my arm into the <br> crevice and feel the tube with my fingers; it resembled <br> both in consistency and appearance half-boiled maca- <br> roni I thought it was a sponge and tried to pull it <br> off; unfortunately I could get only one hand in and <br> so could not work with the hammer and chisel But <br> by loosening some of the lamiuse of the shale with my <br> lingers I managed to expose the tube for several <br> inches lower down and at length detached it by pull- <br> ing The lower part was membranous of a clear <br> reddish-brown colour and angular Again looking <br> into the obscurity of the hole for I could only look <br> and work by turns I saw in the now turbid water <br> what seemed a noble white Actinia with expanded <br> tentacles I now felt again with my fingers and <br> presently pulled away a couple of inches more of the <br> membranous part of the tube ; still it did not occur <br> to me to connect it with the actinia-looking creature <br> which I could still dimly see in the muddy water <br> By feeling carefully 1 got hold of the animal and <br> having worked my fingers down as close to its point <br> of attachment as possible I pulled it away and put <br> my prize into the glass-jar of clear water what a <br> magnificent creature I thought as I gazed dehghted <br> upon it that it excelled in beauty any of the marine <br> animals I had yet found It proved to be a Sahella <br> and as T believe the S vesiculosa of Montagu <br> It was a large stout worm beset along each side <br> with little bundles of satiny bristles closely packed in <br> pencils of a golden colour There was no proper 29378999 93094 42528 Page 417 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378999 1853 10 5962/bhl title 42528 Gosse Philip Henry; Hullmandel Walton NameFound Actinia NameConfirmed Actinia EOLID 11519549 NameBankID 2566555 NameFound Sabella NameConfirmed Sabella EOLID 52365 NameBankID 2552036 NameFound Sabella vesiculosa 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 29378999 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378999 titania regia taxonomy binomial Balanophylia regia taxonomy binomial Saphenia titania artist name Philip Henry Gosse devon england great britain sil taxonomy binomial balanophylia regia taxonomy binomial saphenia titania artist name philip henry gosse Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-07-27 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/5980719525 2015-09-11 05 55 04 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Balanophyllia regia A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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