...animal, it was rapidly seized by the tentacles, as by those of an Actinia, and so firmly that I have dragged the Lima round '-the tank. It seldom let go...have grasped, their free ends twisting about as if conscious of life, and they are with difficulty taken off.'' — Dr. J. GWYN JEFFREYS, Brit. Conch....

...seldom let go its hold till the tentacles were torn away, or (as I believe) voluntarily thrown oft' by the animal. The tentacles so detached still adhere...have grasped, their free ends twisting about as if conscious of life, and they are with difficulty taken off." — Dr. J. GWYN JEFFREYS, Brit. Conch....

...off. It does not seem to be particular as to the kind of building-material which it uses. At Lochranza in Arran I found their nests among the muddy roots...(Polynoe},* but almost invariably a greenish gelatinous annelid.f This last kind I have noticed lying across the tentacles of a large Lima, which seemed to...

...off. It does not seem to be particular as to the kind of building-material which it uses. At Lochranza in Arran I found their nests among the muddy roots...Notwithstanding this property I frequently find a small crab (Porcellatia longicornis) in their nests, and not unfrequently an annelid (Polynoc-}* but almost invariably...

...let go its hold till the tentacles were torn away, or (as I believe) voluntarily thrown off by toe animal. The tentacles so detached still adhere closely to the object they have grasped, their free ends about as if in conscious life, and they are with difficulty taken off. Notwithstanding this property,...