.
‘
ON STARÈISHES AND ANNELIDS.
,13
The ‘Whole sub-kingdom of the Cœlénterates, therefore, is
'conspicuous in the pelagic wealth of the sea in every clime,
and isa vast andnever'—failing supply of food to many higher
»
forms, while they (ie. the Cœl‘enterates) in turn occasionally
levy‘a tax
animals as high inthe scale as shes.
'
For h‘undreds of years shermen of various kinds have
Waged a war of extermination against the common cross—sh
or starsh, a form which lives on the bottom, but, like many
'other marine animals, has free—swimming larvæ (bipinnarians
and brachiolarians) which occur in cou'ntless swarms during'the
warm
months.
Notwithstanding the Constant slaughter by
‘liners, mussel—, clam- and oyster-shermen this species does not
seem to be less abundant than it was centuries ago, or within
the memory of the oldest inhabitant; While man’s pursuit is
not stimulated by the_value of the starsh in the market or its
-use as food, yet the injuries it inicts on the liner by removing
his hait, or rendering the shes unsightly when hocked, and its
—'
.
ravageson oyster—, clam— and mussel-beds sufce to render the
annual destruction by man noteworthy, without taking into
,
.
consideration'the loss by storm‘s or by other starshes (Soldste'r).
*
Though limited areas in shallow water or the tidal regions may
_
Ï
more Or less freed from their
by constantcare, yet
_
;
taken broadly man has little effect either
their general
"
increase
or diminution. Their enormeûs numbers on certain
'
_
shing grouhds, on which under favourable circumstances they
.may be seen closely covering hundreds of square yards of the
'
r-.bottom,=besides spreading into deeper waters where they
Ï.
visible,
is sufcient proof that
they
no
'
—_
,
than formerly.
The old plan of tearing‘them across
before returning them to the water only
to
’
increase their numbers, for each portion of the disc was
generated
and {became a” complete ve-ray‘ed
The
Ï
measure of cOllecting them_ ;by hand or ' by other
'
meansf° erster— and
plaœngthemonlandto
,
members°fthesta1shgm“?(Echln@derms)toanyappreaablæ
‘
ON STARÈISHES AND ANNELIDS.
,13
The ‘Whole sub-kingdom of the Cœlénterates, therefore, is
'conspicuous in the pelagic wealth of the sea in every clime,
and isa vast andnever'—failing supply of food to many higher
»
forms, while they (ie. the Cœl‘enterates) in turn occasionally
levy‘a tax
animals as high inthe scale as shes.
'
For h‘undreds of years shermen of various kinds have
Waged a war of extermination against the common cross—sh
or starsh, a form which lives on the bottom, but, like many
'other marine animals, has free—swimming larvæ (bipinnarians
and brachiolarians) which occur in cou'ntless swarms during'the
warm
months.
Notwithstanding the Constant slaughter by
‘liners, mussel—, clam- and oyster-shermen this species does not
seem to be less abundant than it was centuries ago, or within
the memory of the oldest inhabitant; While man’s pursuit is
not stimulated by the_value of the starsh in the market or its
-use as food, yet the injuries it inicts on the liner by removing
his hait, or rendering the shes unsightly when hocked, and its
—'
.
ravageson oyster—, clam— and mussel-beds sufce to render the
annual destruction by man noteworthy, without taking into
,
.
consideration'the loss by storm‘s or by other starshes (Soldste'r).
*
Though limited areas in shallow water or the tidal regions may
_
Ï
more Or less freed from their
by constantcare, yet
_
;
taken broadly man has little effect either
their general
"
increase
or diminution. Their enormeûs numbers on certain
'
_
shing grouhds, on which under favourable circumstances they
.may be seen closely covering hundreds of square yards of the
'
r-.bottom,=besides spreading into deeper waters where they
Ï.
visible,
is sufcient proof that
they
no
'
—_
,
than formerly.
The old plan of tearing‘them across
before returning them to the water only
to
’
increase their numbers, for each portion of the disc was
generated
and {became a” complete ve-ray‘ed
The
Ï
measure of cOllecting them_ ;by hand or ' by other
'
meansf° erster— and
plaœngthemonlandto
,
members°fthesta1shgm“?(Echln@derms)toanyappreaablæ