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| Keywords: A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast (Page 117) (5981271690).jpg ITS MODE OF FEEDING 117 <br> find the least heat or stinging follow the contact even <br> with tender parts of the skin as the backs of the <br> fingers <br> Like the Actiniae the Caryophi/llice appear to have <br> a sense of the stimulus of light They expand most <br> during the night or in the darkness of a closet ; and <br> I have several times observed that one fully dilated <br> in a dark cupboard would suddenly on the door <br> being opened draw in some of the tentacles and <br> perceptibly contract itself though it might expand <br> again a moment afterwards ; and this in a deep glass <br> vessel covered with six or eight inches of water so <br> that no vibration of the air could have been appreci- <br> able I have not however been able to detect any <br> coloured tubercle at the angles of the mouth nor any <br> other organs which might be supposed to be analo- <br> gous to eyes <br> The feeding of the Madrepores afi'ords much amuse- <br> ment ; they are very greedy and the presence of food <br> stimulates them to more active efforts and the display <br> of greater intelligence than we should give them <br> credit for <br> I put a minute spider as large as a pin's head <br> into the water pushing it down with a bit of grass to <br> a Coral which was lying with partially exposed tenta- <br> cles The instant the insect touched the tip of a <br> tentacle it adhered and was drawn in with the sur- <br> rounding tentacles between the plates near their <br> inward margin Watching the animal now with a <br> lens I saw the small mouth slowly open and move <br> over to that side the lips gaping un symmetrically ; <br> while at the same time by a movement as impercepti- 29378657 93094 42528 Page 117 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378657 1853 10 5962/bhl title 42528 Gosse Philip Henry; Hullmandel Walton 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 29378657 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378657 taxonomy binomial Caryophyllia smithii devon england great britain sil taxonomy binomial caryophyllia smithii Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-07-27 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/5981271690 2015-09-11 05 59 53 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Caryophyllia smithii A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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