MAKE A MEME View Large Image Devonshire coast (Page 227) (5981275722).jpg THE FAN TUBULIPORA 227 <br> TUBULTPORA FLABELLARIS <br> June 2i ” At Hele in a dark tide-pool between <br> overhanging rocks I gathered a frond of 'Nitophyllum <br> laceratuin on which were ...
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Keywords: A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast (Page 227) (5981275722).jpg THE FAN TUBULIPORA 227 <br> TUBULTPORA FLABELLARIS <br> June 2i ” At Hele in a dark tide-pool between <br> overhanging rocks I gathered a frond of 'Nitophyllum <br> laceratuin on which were several patches of a pretty- <br> zoophyte evidently identical with the Tuhulijwra <br> filahellaris of Fabricius which though known to <br> inhabit the shores of Europe from Greenland to the <br> Mediterranean has been only lately recognised as a <br> British species by Mr W Thompson who found it on <br> the North coast of Ireland It consists of a great <br> number of long slender cylindrical tubes of pellucid <br> coral or shelly substance set side by side and over- <br> lapping each other on the frond of the sea-weed to <br> which they adhere for a portion of their length and <br> then curve upward so as to be free at their terminal <br> portions The tubes are somewhat crowded but <br> diverge from each other so as to form a resemblance <br> to a curling feather The margins of the tubes are <br> oblique in some cases in others quite transverse ; and <br> the edges are slightly expanded The exterior of the <br> tube is set with many annular ridges which are <br> evidently the expanded rims of the tube at various <br> periods of its growth ; the new shelly matter being <br> deposited not from the very edge but from a ring a <br> little way within it so as to leave the narrow expanded <br> lip projecting as a permanent ridge in a manner com- <br> mon in many shells The walls of the tubes are <br> sparsely studded with minute round grains like those <br> of Crisia ; and similar ones are found far more thickly <br> in the shapeless mass of shelly matter that envelopes <br> the bases of some of the tubes connecting them like <br> a web 29378771 93094 42528 Page 227 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378771 1853 10 5962/bhl title 42528 Gosse Philip Henry; Hullmandel Walton NameFound Crisia NameConfirmed Crisia EOLID 13135269 NameBankID 2576034 NameFound Fabricius NameFound Flabellaris NameConfirmed Flabellaris NameBankID 267552 NameFound Nitophyllum NameConfirmed Nitophyllum EOLID 10410 NameBankID 2640891 NameFound Tubulipora NameConfirmed Tubulipora EOLID 13135293 NameBankID 2576025 Biodiversity Heritage Library A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Information field Flickr tags and travel Devon England Great Britain Marine animals Smithsonian Institution Libraries SIL bhl page 29378771 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378771 taxonomy binomial Pedicellina belgica devon england great britain sil taxonomy binomial pedicellina belgica Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-07-27 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/5981275722 2015-09-11 06 00 28 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Pedicellina A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script
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