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(Ulva) in shallow water throughout the summer and 

 fall. 



First obtained at New Haven, Connecticut, in 

 1892, when it was very rare; since then it has spread 

 both north and south. 



Sagartia modesta Verrill 



PLATE IV. Fig. 3 



Flesh-colored elongated body with a crown of 

 sixty to a hundred tentacles. Buries in the sand or 

 attaches to hydroids or seaweed. Reaches length 

 of three inches. The sand flats of Barnegat and 

 Delaware Bays are favorite habitats for this species. 

 Known from New Jersey (first record) to Cape Cod. 



Cylista leucolena Verrill (The White Armed 



Anemone) 

 (Sagartia leucolena Verrill) 



Fig. 11 



Smaller than the above and differs from it by a 

 smaller number of tentacles (40 to 60) ; more trans- 

 lucent, enabling one to observe the mesenteries 

 which appear as whitish longitudinal lines within 

 the body. 



Usually found attached to, rocks or shells. More 

 common in Long Island Sound and northward on 

 account of the rocky beaches. Known from North 

 Carolina to Cape Cod; common on oysters in Dela : 

 ware Bay, etc. 



