Ceylon Sea Anemones. 



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Actinia Fluctuosa. Kel. 



Body pale, flesh coloured ; indistinctly longitudinally 

 striated, with white spotted lines ; several rows of pale blue 

 granules near ed°;e of disc. 



Disc waved, tubercular, forming sometimes in triangular 

 or quadrangular masses,— at other times circular ; centre of 

 disc pale — the rest white with radiating lines. 



Tentacles numerous, in 3 rows, pale brown, occasionally 

 greenish pellucid. The number on inner row fewer ; extreme 

 point white. 



Height 1 inch. Breadth 1^ inch. 



Found in Back Bay, Trincomalie. 



Actinia Samaragdana. Kel. 



Small, disc of a beautiful bright emerald green, with white 

 lines or radiating rays. Tentacles numerous, set in 3 rows ; 

 short, oblong, semi-conical, obtusely pointed; white at the base; 

 beyond this, purplish brown, the rest very pellucid, dashed 

 with purplish and white spots. 



Body flesh coloured, longitudinally striated. Two or more 

 rows of pale green rounded tubercles, on discal margin, in- 

 ferior to outer rows of tubercles ; at times these granules are 

 of a white colour. 



About 1 inch in diameter, and f inch high. Found in deep 

 Avater, Inner Harbour. 



Actinia Austinii. Kel. 



Body rounded, thick, reddish ; covered with brick red tu- 

 bercles. Disc pellucid white, or reddish. Oral opening If 

 inch in diameter, margin surrounded with tentacular-like 



