The Common Objects of the Sea-shore: Including Hints for an Aquarium |
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actinia adhering affixed alga algæ anemone animal annelid appears aquarium Balanus beautiful beroe bird Bladder-wrack body British called claws closely coasts cockle colour common coralline cormorant crab crass creature crustaceans curious cuttle delicate Dunlin earth-worm easily Echinus eggs entire eyes fish Flustra fresh frond Fucus furnished glass gobies green gull habitation hermit Hermit Crabs inches in length inhabitants Laminaria Laver light limpet living lobster low water madrepore marine masses membranous microscope molluscs mouth naturalists Nudibranchs objects placed plant polyp porpesse portion possess prawns Ptilota plumosa purple Purple Laver rays represented on plate resemblance rocks sand sand-skippers scientific name sea-shore sea-water sea-weeds seen Serpula shape shell shore shrimps Smooth Anemone sometimes soon species specimen spines spot star-fish stones substance sucker sufficient surface tail tentacles Terebella Teredo text-cuts threads throw tide tint tiny tolerably tube ulva vegetable vessel waves Wentletrap whelk worm Zoea zoophyte