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Ocean Gardens. The History of the Marine Aquarium: and the best methods now adopted for its establishment and preservation.Humphreys, Henry Noel

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Ocean Gardens. The History of the Marine Aquarium: and the best methods now adopted for its establishment and preservation.

Name: Ocean Gardens. The History of the Marine Aquarium: and the best methods now adopted for its establishment and preservation.
Author: Humphreys, Henry Noel

Humphreys, Henry Noel

Aquariums

1. Two, Hermit Crab              _Pagurus Bernhardus_.
    2. One,    ditto                 _Pagurus Prideauxii_.
    3. Four, Sand Shrimp             _Cragnon vulgaris_.
    4. One, Prawn                    _Palæmon serratus_.
    5. Three, Crown Worm             _Serpula triquetra_.
    6. Three, White-line Worm        _Nereis bilineata_.

                              ZOÖPHYTES.

    1. Two, Thick-horned Anemone     _Actinia crassicornis_.
    2. Three, Weymouth Anemone       _Actinia clavata_.
    3. Two, Parasitic Anemone        _Actinia parasitica_.
    4. Six, Plumose Anemone          _Actinia dianthus_.
    5. Five, Daisy Anemone           _Actinia bellis_.

There were thus above seventy specimens, animal and vegetable, already
in the tank, without counting the swarms of smaller creatures, some the
young of large species, daily increasing in size; yet, our bold
experimentalist, anxious to conquer his “Russia” at one grand invasion,
still poured in fresh specimens. These consisted of:—

                                 FISH.

    1. One, Æquorial Pipe-fish       _Syngnathus æquoreus_.

                      MOLLUSCS, CRUSTACEANS, ETC.

    1. One, Rough Doris              _Doris pilosa_.
    2. Two, Magus Top                _Trochus magus_.
    3. One, Nerit                    _Natica Alderi_.
    4. One, Squin                    _Pecten opercularis_.
    5. One, Pholas                   _Pholas parvæ_.
    6. One, Pisa                     _Pisa tetraodon_.
    7. One, Cleanser Crab            _Portunus depurator_.
    8. One, Ebalia                   _Ebalia Pennantii_.
    9. One, Hermit (small)           _Pagurus . . . . . ._
    10. Three, Lobster Prawn         _Athanas nilescens_.

                            STAR-FISH, ETC.

    1. One, Brittle Star             _Ophiocoma rosula_.
    2. One, Eyed Cribella            _Cribella oculata_.
    3. Two, Scarlet Sun-Star         _Solaster papposa_.
    4. One Bird’s-foot Star          _Palmipes membranaceus_.
    5. Three, Gibbons Starlet        _Asterina gibbosa_.
    6. One, Purple-tipped Urchin     _Echinus miliaris_.
    7. Seven, Scarlet Madrepore      _Balanophillia regia_.
    8. Three, Cloak Anemone          _Adamsia palliata_.

These additions brought the collection up to above a hundred specimens,
and no doubt the tank made a glorious show; but Mr. Gosse, though the
Napoleon of his specialty, was forced to acknowledge that there was an
“impossible.” Although his collection was superb, and his interesting
tank did not look over-crowded, yet he soon discovered that a forbidden
limit had been passed, and that the creatures of the ocean that have
yards—fathoms—of their native element to their own separate share,
cannot accommodate themselves to the allotment system, in the proportion
of a square inch to each individual.

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