256 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands; Coral Reefs. 
It was abundant under the stones on the shores of Castle Harbor, 
where there are out-flowing streams of salt water, and in other 
similar places. Also in crevices and under dead corals on the reefs, 
Actinia bermudensis Verrill. Red Anemone. Figs. 109, 110, 111. 
Amer, Journ. Science, vi, p. 495, 1898; Trams. Conn. Acad., x, part 2, p. 
598, pl. Ixvii, fig. 7, 1900. , 
Diplactis bermudensis MeMurrich, Proc. Philad. Acad., 1889, p. 111, pl. vi, 
figs. 4, 6; vii, figs. 1, 2; reprint in Heilprin’s Bermuda Is., p. 116, pl. 10, 
figs. 4-6, pl. 11, figs. 1, 2; Annals. N. York Acad. Science, 1896, p. 186, pl. 
RIVA Las 
This is one of the most common of the actinians,* especially on 
the ledges and shores. It prefers the under sides of large loose 
stones and the roofs of cavernous places where it can hang mouth 
downward. It is often found in such places between tides. 
Figure 109.—Actinia bermudensis, 24 nat. size. Phot. from life by A. H. V. 
The white specks are due to loosely adhering sand and mucus. 
The body is usually cherry-red, varying to crimson, brownish red, 
and terra cotta red, rarely yellowish, or yellowish brown. The 
circle of large, globular, bright blue acrorhagi below the tentacles 
is conspicuous only in full expansion, for they are often concealed 
* The first specimens of this species and of C. gigantea seen by me were 
brought from Bermuda alive in 1860, and exhibited at ‘‘ The Aquarial Gardens ”’ 
in Boston, for some time, It was also collected by Mr. G, Brown Goode, in 
1872. McMurrich, in a recent paper (op. cit., 1905), has definitely decided that 
it is the same as his Diplactis bermudensis, which was described from badly 
preserved specimens. Therefore his genus Diplactis must be cancelled. The 
colored figure by Northrop, from a Bahama specimen, referred to it by MeMur- 
rich, 1896, does not agree with the common Bermuda form, especially in its 
darker color and lacking the conspicuous blue acrorhagi. It may be the form 
here called var. prunicolor. 
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