The Hiftory of ANIMALS. 97 
It is frequent in the natural cavities of that fpecies of the alcyonium, commonly 
called Fucus telam lineam fericeamve textura asmulans, and in fome other fea plants: 
Linnasus, and other of the modern fyftematifts, have gone fo far as to fuppofe thofe 
plants not to be truly vegetables, but cafes formed by thefe Infedts for their own lodging. 
The other fpecies of the Biota are, i. The little Biota of the Corallines. 2. The 
large Biota of the red Coral. 3. The pale, (lender Biota, of the feveral Coral¬ 
lines. 4. Thefmall, deep, red Biota, of the Tubularia. 5. The great oval-bodied 
fea Biota. 6. The great, round-bodied, fea Biota. 
SEPIA. 
T H E body of the Sepia is of an oblong figure, and depreffed : there are ten ten- 
tacula; two of which are longer than the others, and are pedunculated : 
Sepia cor pore ovato oblongo. > 
The Sepia , with an oblong , oval body . 0? 
This is a large fpecies: it’s body is often fix inches in length, and three and a half 
in diameter, though the greater number are found fmaller: the body is of a fomewhat 
oval, but oblong, form : it is broad eft toward the head, and grows fmaller to the ex¬ 
tremity, where it is obtufely pointed : it is fupported by an oblong, light, and fpungy 
fubftance, of a friable texture, and lined with a light fungous pith ; this is what our 
lilverfmiths ufe under the name of Cuttle-bone j and it is alfo received in the (hops as 
an ingredient in tooth-powders: the head of the animal is large, and fomewhat compref- 
fed ; and from it rife the ten tentacula: eight of them are of a pyramidal figure, and 
fomewhat more than equal to the body in length : the other two are much longer; they 
confift of a thick pedicle, terminated at the extremity by an oval body, confiderably 
larger than any part of the other: the inner furface of thefe oval bodies, and that of the 
other tentacula along their whole courfe, are furniftied with a number of hollow tu¬ 
bercles, or protuberances, formed for feizing and holding things faft. 
It is frequent in the European feas, but is not common about our coafts; when in 
danger of being taken, it emits a black liquor like ink out at it’s mouth in confiderable 
quantity, which obfcures the water about it, and gives it an opportunity of efcaping: all 
the writers on thefe fubje&s have defcribed it under the names of Sepia and Sepia 
vulgaris. 
Sepia Teniaculis pedunculatis longioribus , cor pore angulato . 
The angular- bodied Sepia , with long pedunculated tentacula . 
This is a larger fpecies than the former : it’s body is often eight inches ih length, 
and four and a half in diameter in the broadeft part; and the long, or pedunculated, ten¬ 
tacula are, in that cafe, ten inches in length ; the body is oblong and angulated : it is 
narrow toward the upper extremity; from thence it becomes broad near the bottom ; 
and, from this broadeft part, continues decreaiing to a point at the bafe: there runs a 
high and (harp ridge all down it’s middle, and the fides are fomewhat lfiarp : the 
head is fmall in proportion to the body; the eight common tentacula are of a pyra¬ 
midal form, but very narrow in proportion to their length; and the other two are ter¬ 
minated by oval bodies, as in the other fpecies: theinfides of thefe, and of the tentacula 
alfo, as in the other, are furniftied with a number of tubercles, hollowed at their tops. 
It is frequent in the warmer parts of Europe, but rare with us: authors call it 
Loligo. 
The other fpecies are, 1. The long and flender-bodied Sepia, with eight very fhorfc 
and two very long tentacula. 2. The fhort and roundifti-bodied Sepia, with two of 
the tentacula very long. 
TRITON. 
T HE body of the Triton is oblong: the roftrum at the mouth is of a fpiral 
form: the tentacula arp fourteen in number, and twelve of them are cheliferous. 
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Triton 
