AUSTRALIAN SEA-ANEMONES AND CORALS 

 (After Saville Kent.) Drawn to various scales 



Among marine animals few possess such striking hues as Sea- 

 Anemones and Corals. It would appear to be, at least in many 

 cases, "warning coloration", by which these apparently defence- 

 less creatures give notice of unpleasant qualities. They are, in 

 fact, provided with innumerable microscopic stinging capsules, 

 which make them inedible to- most carnivorous fishes, &c. 



Anemones 



1. Heterodactyla Hemprichii. 



2. Heterodactyla hypnoides. 



3. Giant Anemone {Discosoma Haddoni). (Over 12 inches in 



diameter.) 



4. Physobrachia Douglasi. (Only tentacles are seen.) 



Corals 



5. Cceloria. 



6. Stylopora ■palmata- 



