 | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1852 - 914 sider
...among layers which belong altogether to the present geological age, all the diversity of uncontbrmable deposites which occur in former geological periods....kingdom : among the most active and powerful we would Ihention the date-fish, Lithodomus, several Saxicava, Petricola, Area, and many worms, of which the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1852 - 624 sider
...communities, death begins first at the base or centre of the group, while the surface or tips «till continue to grow, so that it resembles a dying centennial...of the animal kingdom : among the most active and power! ul •we would mention the date-fish, Lithodomus, several Saxicava, Petricola, Area, and many... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1872 - 430 sider
...piercing holes in all directions into its interior, like so many augurs, dissolving its solid connection with the ground, and even penetrating far into the...active and powerful we would mention the date-fish or Lithodomus, several Saxicava?, Petricote, A cae, and many worms, of which the Serpula is the largest... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1889 - 408 sider
...connexion, as they show the extensive character of these operations. " Innumerable animals," he says, " establish themselves in the lifeless stem, piercing...communities. The number of these boring animals is 1 W. Thomson "On Chelura Terebrans? &c., in "Annals Nat. Hist.," vol. xx. (1847), p. 161 ; and Prof.... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1890 - 476 sider
...piercing holes in all directions into its interior, like so many augurs, dissolving its solid connection with the ground, and even penetrating far into the...of these compact communities. The number of these I loring animals is quite incredible, and they belong to different families of the animal kingdom ;... | |
 | James D. Dana - 1899 - 474 sider
...piercing holes in all directions into its interior, like so many augurs, dissolving its solid connection with the ground, and even penetrating far into the...of these compact communities. The number of these 1 >oring animals is quite incredible, and they belong to different families of the animal kingdom ;... | |
 | Charles Birkeland - 1997 - 564 sider
...themselves in the lifeless stem, piercing holes in all directions into its interior, like so many augurs, dissolving its solid connexion with the ground, and...into the living portion of these compact communities. — L. Agassiz, 1852 Coral reefs are among the Earth's most biologically diverse ecosystems, and many... | |
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... rotten at the heart, but still apparently green and flourishing without, till the first heavy gale of wind snaps the hollow trunk, and betrays its decay. Again, innumerable boring animals establish themselves in the lifeless stem, piercing holes in... 