SEA ANEMONES AND CORALS 43 
and the cluster increases by further budding from the bases of the 
older polyps until it may be several inches in diameter. 
The Fleshy Coral, (Aleyonewm carneum, Fig. 18), is found from 
the eastern end of Long Island to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is 

Fig. 19; BROWN SEA-ANEMONE. Expanded. From Life. 
rarely seen in shallow water but is common upon rocks at depths 
greater than 20 feet. When first brought up from the bottom it 
appears as an ugly, tough gelatinous mass covered with dull 
yellowish-pink finger-shaped processes. If placed in water, how- 
ever, the whole mass soon appears studded with beautiful star- 
shaped polyps, which expand so as to give the appearance of a 
stump covered with delicate pink flowers. 
Each of these polyps has a terminal mouth surrounded by 
eight tentacles, the sides of which are bordered with rays giving 
a feathery appearance. The whole colony of polyps develops 
through constant budding from the sides and bases of the older 
parts of the colony. 
Aleyonaria or fleshy corals are extremely abundant in the 
tropical Pacific where they often cover the reefs for acres in extent 
with a tough, leathery-looking carpet studded with eight-rayed 
