PENNATULA. 



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Nothing can be a fironger proof that the Gorgonias are 

 Tingle animals with many heads, than their near affinity 

 to the pen-fhaped animals of this genus. 



i. Pennatula Britannica. 



Pennatula ftirpe car- 

 nofa teretiy rachi fcabra, 

 polypis tentaculatis ordine 

 Jimplicii 



Pennatula phofphorea. 



The Britijh Sea-Pen. 



This Sea-Pen has a round 

 flefhy ftem; the midrib be- 

 tween the fins roug-h, with 

 minute fcales, and fingle rows> 

 of tentaculated fuckers on each 

 fin. 



Phil. Tranf. Vol. 53, tab. 19. 

 fig. 1- Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1322. 



I call this the Britifh Q ea-Pen, to diftinguim it from the 

 following, which I call the Italian Sea-Pen, and becaufe 

 it is found in great plenty flicking to the baits on the 

 fimermen's lines, round the coafts of this kingdom ; efpe- 

 cially when they make ufe of mufcles to bait their hooks. 

 Great numbers have been taken on the coaft of Scotland, 

 efpecially near Aberdeen. 



They are of a bright red color, and have the property, 

 with the reft, of {Lining in the dark, in a moll remarkable 

 manner, like the Italian Sea-Pen. 



2. Pennatula Italica. 



Italian Sea-Pen. 

 This Sea-Pen has a round 



Pennatula Birte car- 



nofa teretiy rachi patirta flefhy Hera ; the midrib is 



, fpincl krevi broad and full or warts, and 



ad, bafin dorji cujujque on the back oi the fins, at the 



pinnae, bafe, there is a fiaort fpine in. 



fi< 



Red 



