Nature neighbors, embracing birds, plants, animals, minerals, in natural colors by color photography, containing articles by Gerald Alan Abbott, Dr. Albert Schneider, William Kerr Higley...and other (14564376958)

Corals: Left: Millepora alcicornis (Florida), Middle: Distichopora nitida (East Indies), Right: Stylaster sanguineus (East Indies)
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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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KEEr BUILDING COKALS. cop.momt ,.«., o. a, w. . Porites astraeoides (Florida). Madrepora prolifera (Florida). Aiiaricia aKartcites (Bahamas).
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HYDROYD CORALS.Ristichopora niliita (Easl Indi*>s>.Millfpora alciiori.is (Fumdai. Stylaster saiiguhipus (East Indiesi THE SHELL TRIBE 11 little barbed bodies or nettling cells which serv^e as a meansof defense and also as a means of procuring food. The animals comprised in this branch of zoology differ■widely in external form. They range from the minutehydroids which encrust stones at low water to the beautifulstone-building corals, the brilliant sea anemones, and thecurious jelly-fishes. Some are stationary for life, whileothers swim about from place to place. Some live on thesurface of the ocean, while others live at the bottom of thesea, in very deep water. With the exception of a fewsmall hydroids, all are marine, and the majority of theselive near the shores of continents and islands. Typicallythey are tropical animals, although a number, particularlythe jelly-fishes, live in northern seas, and some of the Gor-gonias live in the Arctic seas at a considerable depth. Thesea