OCEAN GARDENS; 



species sometimes measures five inches across, when 

 the tentacles are fully expanded. 



When the Actinice are in a state of repose or 

 sleep, the tentacles are entirely drawn in, and the 

 stem or body closes over the orifice, leaving only a 

 slight indent to mark its existence. In this state 

 they might be mistaken for short-stemmed fungi, the 

 pale-bodied species being very much like a half- 

 grown mnshroom, if one can imagine it placed 

 close to the ground, without any visible stem. 



Most of the species can be easily detached from 

 the rocks to which they are found adhering, but in 

 some cases it is found necessary to cut out the 

 portion to which they cling, by means of a hammer 

 and chisel. But when this is done, and they 

 are placed in the Aquarium, they often willingly 

 leave the stone to which they are attached, which 

 they would not do by gentle persuasion, or any 

 moderate amount of force; and they then take 

 up their station on some suitable portion of the 

 artificial rock-work, just as those do that have 

 been originally detached from their native rocks. 

 •Above twenty species of Actinice are known to 

 British naturalists. 



The LucernaricB are another class of Zoophytes, 

 or plant-like creatures, as the term Zoophyte implies, 



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