On a New British Sea Anemone

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It is a curious fact that the majority of the British anemones had been discovered by 1860, and that half of them, as listed at that date, had been established during a burst of energy on the part of Gosse and his collecting friends. Gosse added 28 species to the British Fauna himself. It is still more surprising that since Gosse ceased work, no authentic new ones have been added, other than more or less offshore forms, with the exception of Sagartia lucice; and this species appears to have been imported from abroad. There is, however, an anemone which occurs on the Breakwater and Pier at Plymouth, which has not yet been described. Dr. Allen tells me it has been on the Breakwater as long as he can remember, and to him I am indebted for the details of its habitat given further on. Whether it occurs elsewhere than in the Plymouth district and has been seen but mistaken for the young of Metridium dianthus, is as yet unknown.

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