IV.—Note on the existence of gigantic sea-anemones in the China Sea, containing within them quasi-parasitic fish
IV.—Note on the existence of gigantic sea-anemones in the China Sea, containing within them quasi-parasitic fish
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IV.——关于中国海存在巨型海葵,其中含有准寄生鱼的说明
DOI:
10.1080/00222936808695633
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
C. Collingwood
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作者:
C. Collingwood
32 Dr. C. Collingwood on Gigantic Sea-Anemones. orange, and the body vertically banded with broad rings of opaque white and orange alternately, three bands of each. As the fish remained stationary, and did not appear to be alarmed at my movements, I made ineffectual attempts to catch him; he always eluded my efforts, not darting away, howcver~ as I expected he would, but always returning to the same spot. Wandering about in search of shells and animals~ I returned from time to time to the great Anemone, and each time I found.. the fish there,, in spite of all my disturbance of it. This singular persistence of the fish in keeping to the same spot~ and to the close vicinity of the great Anemon% aroused in me strong suspicions of the existence of some connexion between them.These suspmions were subsequently verified; for on the reefs of rulo 1) appan~ near the island of Labuan, I met with more than one specimen of this gigantic Actinia, and the fist b so unmistakeable in its appearance when once seen, again in its neighbourhood. Raking about with a stick in the body of the Anemon% I by degrees dislodged six fishes of'the same species, and of various sizes, from the cavity of the zoophyte; and this tim% being provided with a hand net, I had no difficulty in capturing them all. Thus the connexion existing between the fish and the Anemone was demonstrated, though what is the nature and object of that connexion remains to be proved.