176 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



Actinia chrysanthellum {C.W.P., G.J., Cocks, D.L.), 

 Peachea (?) chrys. (P. H. G.). 



Hab. : Fowey, Cornwall {Peach). Length If in., 

 diam. | in. 



Colour. Drab-wliite. Disc pale blue^ with 12 dark 

 brown triangular rays, each ray terminating in a 

 \1/ shaped figure. Tentacles brown, with 6 rings of 

 white. 



The generic name, signifying " sea maggot,^' well 

 describes the vermicular form of this and the succeed- 

 ing species. It is fond of distending the proximal end 

 into a thin bladder-like shape. It lives in sand, buried 

 up to the disc. The tentacles are 12, set at the margin 

 of the disc. 



Genus Aeachnactis, Sars. {apd'yvT], a spider.) 



Column rounded at proximal extremity, but not 

 swollen, imperforate. Tentacles of two kinds, marginal 

 long, gular short, not retractile. Freely swimming in 

 the sea. — Gosse. 



1. A. ALBIDA, Sars. "The Sprawlet.^^ 



Hab. : The Minch {Balfour and Forbes). Length | in. 



Colour. Whitish tinged with tawny. Tentacles 

 white and brown. 



Under this name Mr. Gosse desci'ibes a natatory 

 anemone, which had been found twice in the Hebrides, 

 and abundantly by Sars on the coast of Norway. He 

 describes it as "looking not unlike a long-legged 

 spider." 



This species appears, however, to be an immature 

 form of Cerianthus, and as such is described by Dr. 

 Andres. 



