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ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE 



Fig. 11 

 Cylista leucolena Vcrrill 



Bisidium parasitica Agassiz 



An elongated parasitic anemone that lives in 

 the month or stomach of Cyanea (Jelly-fish) ; rare in 

 New Jersey. 



Metridium dianthus Ellis (Brown Anemone) 



(M. marginatum Lesson; M. senile IAnne) 



PLATE IV. Fig. 5 



Although this is the most conspicuous sea ane- 

 mone of the New England coast, it is quite scarce in 



New Jersey waters. The "column' 



or 



body is 



usually brown although it may be a light shade or 

 even pink. At the top there is a fringe of tentacles, 

 many of which bear nematocysts or stinging cells. 



