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List of the Contents of each Tank. 
Tank No. 
23 . 
24 . 
£ 5 . 
26 . 
Sea-anemones. Cerianthus (p. 16), beautiful grass-green. 
Plants as in tank 21. 
Smaller Crustaceans, especially Hermit-crabs (p. 41), 
bearing stolen shells with sea-anemones, or some¬ 
times sponges, adhering to them. The common 
Green Crab ( Carcinus , p. 44). Noticeable is the 
Bashful-crab ( Calappa , p. 44), half globular, scarcely 
looking like a crab, reddish spots. Other crabs are 
Dromia (p. 44), carrying about large orange-coloured 
or white sponges ( Suberites ); Lambrus (p. 43), with 
long sideways claws. The Mantis-prawn ( Squilla , 
p. 45) is of a lobster-form, half transparent with 
black eye-like spots on its tail. 
Illustrating concealment and mimicry of surroundings. 
On the sand Musk-octopus ( Eledone , p. 50), black 
and white. Squilla , see tank 23. # Young Bays and 
Angler-fish, see tanks 10 and 12. 
Hidden in the sand, Fishes: Soles and Turbot 
(. Solea , Rhombus, p. 74), the exact colour of the 
sand. Star-gazer ( Uranoscopus , p. 72), with big oval 
head and wide mouth. Weever ( Trackinus , p. 72), 
long-shaped body, head like a frog. Both of these 
bury themselves all but their eyes. 
Other cases of imitation. 
Fishes. Scorpaena (p. 75), ragged, mottled brown and 
red. These with the Crabs, Maja , Pisa (p. 42), etc., 
closely resemble the stones among which they lie. 
Brightly coloured Fishes. Lettered-perch, as in tank 14, 
may be recognized. Julis vulgaris (p. 82), a shiny 
white stripe down the side, and Julis turcica (p. 82) 
with peacock-blue fins. Butterfly-fish (. Blennius ,p.76), 
with a back-fin like the wing of a butterfly, bearing 
an eye-like spot. 
