THE SEA BOTTOM
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Pectan maximus, up to ve inches across,to species Withh0t
more than & tenth of this diameter; —.
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The octopus is an inhabitar'1t. of this region (and of
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shallower water in the more southern waters,-Æeing rf0ud on
the shore in the Channel Islands); It prefers rocks; h1dmg
'in cracks and hoIes,- for it can attènits:rbody=so thätät
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enters narrow elite
the rock, and
ppt: on*sh;aird
crustaceans as they swim bytunsuspecnglÿ:ïæ
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British species, found innuinbers
the
Octopus (Eledona) r_(Plate; 27),
from the larger species (Octôpz‘zs wulgàuêù)
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and the possession of a singlej instead of
of
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suckers on each of its eight arin‘s.Ï The;_1atteris—notcomædon
on
British shotes" though it occasiônàÿ:
the
English Channel from turtherrS’outh—urig’ hot
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doing great damage ”to…the
In spite of its ungainly. appærance;êîthe40ctopus:isf‘Capa-blB
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of rapid and {graceful
brain
more
-o_f;=the
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other Invertebrate :animalSï—Î;;ïi_ndèed; ip -:—thetCohapleXity"
of the latter organs itis
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Amongst
animals
various : lesser
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.:.-interesting; ctéatures;_ In «some
,
parts the sea
”grow—thssoî
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the sea… mats, the
which forms a assive‘ SËeieto
otr1‘nany jdeh'cate
limy sheets, while «;tngg.
anti
are
frequently taken in
the… dré‘dge; -=Sea
!sq—uirts of various “kinds are ionnd.but are inet—' se abimdant
as on the shore
the
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The
of
Continental Siope—J+the Continental
most,— eaîsi1y. studied
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