THE DEEPLET. 
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Size. 
Three or four inches in height, and from five to eight inches in diameter, 
when expanded. 
Locality. 
Deep water off rocky coasts, from fifty to two hundred fathoms. 
It will be evident from the above-mentioned characters 
that this form must be considered as generically distinct 
from Anthea. It is, in fact, intermediate between that 
genus and Tealia / with a preponderance, however, of the 
features proper to the latter, which has induced me to 
assign it to this family. In this judgment I carry the con- 
cim-ence of Mr. W. P. Cocks, who has enjoyed more 
opportunities of studying it in life than any other naturalist ; 
and to whom I am indebted for the carefully coloured 
drawing which embellishes my Plate V. as well as for some 
interesting notes. 
Notwithstanding its great size, and somewhat inelegant 
form, Mr. Cocks calls it “a charming creature;” and says 
on another occasion, “ this is certainly a beautiful animal 
when healthy and half-grown ; though the queer move- 
ments of the peristome and lobed mouth, pouting like an 
old man with negro lips and toothless jaws, at once 
pronounce its relationship with cmssicorms." 
It is essentially a deep water species : Messrs. Danielssen 
and Koren ascribe it to the coralline zone off the coast of 
Norway, from thirty to fifty fathoms, and, on the authority 
of Mr. Sars, mention it as ranging to the amazing depth 
of two hundred fathoms.* On the Cornish coast, it is 
not seldom found among trawl-refuse ;t and Dr. Johnston 
tells us that in Berwick Bay it occasionally occurs at- 
tached to the deep-sea lines of the fishermen. “ I have 
often found,” lie remarks, “ the tentacula in a separated 
Fauna Litt. Norv. ii. 87. 
t Cocks in litt. 
