The ocean / By P.H. Gosse.

  • Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.
Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The ocean / By P.H. Gosse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    meshes of a net, this species is a very beautiful one. Its polypes, as in the other instances, have eight tentacles. This is exceedingly rare, though it has occurred on the British shores. But more singular than either of these is the form of a Polypidom, often brought up by fishermen attached to their baits, and by them called Cocks’ comb, or rather more appropriately, Sea-pen (Pen- Sea-fan ( Gorgonia flahellum), and Sea-pen (Pennatula phosphorea). natula phosphor ea). It very closely resembles a broad feather from two to four inches in length, and of a purplish colour. The lower part is cy- lindrical, or nearly so, and represents the quill, and the tip of this is tinged with orange. Above this the stem is fringed on each side with very re- gular, flat, dentated processes, diminishing gradually