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A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands; Coral Reefs. 2 
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Large specimens, in full extension, are often 3 to 4 inches long 
and .75 to 1 inch in diameter of body, but most are not half that 
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Figure 106.—Aiptasia tagetes (?), young, from a preserved specimen, somewhat 
enlarged. 
Figure 107.—Phellia rufa, var. nigropicta, noy., not fully extended, nat. size 
from colored figures, by A. H. V. 
Figure 107a.—The same, var. rufa, tentacles enlarged. 
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Figure 108.—Phellia rufa. Group of polyps in different states of expansion to 
show variations in form; a-g, var. rufa; h, var. nigropicta. About } nat. 
size. From colored drawing by A. H. V. 
size. The column can take a great variety of forms ; sometimes it 
is elongated hour-glass shape, club-shaped, or salver-shape, or some 
portion may swell out into a globular form on a narrow pedicel. 
