THE 
CARNATION ACTINIA. 
«$►*^■* 5 *'^ 4 * 4 ' 4 **b 
Generic Character. 
Body fixing itself by the base, fleshy, oblong, 
cylindric, contractile, viviparous. 
Mouth terminal, expansile, surrounded with 
tentacula. 
No other opening but the mouth. 
Specific Character , £ sV . 
Smooth subcylindric Actinia, with foliaceous 
five-parted disk beset with minute tenta¬ 
cula, and elevated, striated mouth. 
Sea CARNATION. 
Ellis. Zooph. p. 7. Phil. Trans, vol. 57. 
p. 430 . pi. 19. f. 8. 
The beautiful species of Actinia represented on 
the present plate seems to have been first described 
by Mr. Ellis, who informs us that it is an native of 
our own island, and is principally found on the 
rocks of the Sussex coast, and more especially on 
those which are opposite the town of Hastings. In 
its general properties and manners it resembles the 
rest of its tribe, and is expressed on the plate in its 
natural size. 
