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able to produce electric lights in different places of its 

 body, as you will notice from the following by the Alba- 

 tross Expedition : "In the midst of gorgeous submarine 

 forests and waving gardens that fringe the reefs of the 

 ocean floor and spread over its vast plains are abundant 

 clusters of shining trees or bushes, known as sea feathers 

 or sea pens, these also being animals, not vegetables. 



FIG. 15. Antedon. Side view of entire animal. 



Their long stems glow with a dull phosphorescent light 

 when the trowl nets bring them up from the depths, and 

 if they are touched with ammonia they shine brightly. It 

 is thought that the light is dulled through their fright in 

 capture and it is probable that normally they give forth 

 a brilliant radiance when they desire to attract their prey 

 or to terrify their enemies. * * * Never was there an 

 animal so lacking in any immediate usefulness as the 



